Ditch vs Forgo - What's the difference?
ditch | forgo |
A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.
To discard or abandon.
To deliberately crash-land an airplane on the sea.
To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.
To dig ditches.
To dig ditches around.
To throw into a ditch.
To let pass, to leave alone
To do without, to abandon
To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
As nouns the difference between ditch and forgo
is that ditch is or ditch can be a trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage while forgo is joint.As a verb ditch
is or ditch can be to discard or abandon.As an adjective forgo is
turning, revolving, rotating, whirling, circulating.ditch
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Etymology 1
From earlier deche, from (etyl) dechen, from (etyl) .Verb
(es)Noun
(en-noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) dich, from (etyl) .Noun
(es)- Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor.
Derived terms
* ditchdigger * ditch weed * ditcher * ox is in the ditchSee also
* fosse * moatVerb
- Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire.
- When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch ; their last location was just south of the Azores.
- The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine.
- Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching .
- The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding.
- The engine was ditched and turned on its side.
Synonyms
* abandon * discard * dump * jettison * lose * shed * See alsoforgo
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Alternative forms
* foregoVerb
- The only way to avoid shame is to forgo acting shamefully.