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Dregs vs Regs - What's the difference?

dregs | regs |

As nouns the difference between dregs and regs

is that dregs is (collectively) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine while regs is plural of lang=en.

dregs

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • (collectively ) The sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine.
  • (figuratively, the dregs) The worst and lowest part of something.
    • the dregs of society

    Usage notes

    * The singular form dreg is far less common, but the phrase to the last dreg still has currency.

    Synonyms

    * debris, deposit, draff, dross, exuviate, feculence, grounds, grouts, lees, orts, rabble, refuse, residue, residuum, riffraff, rubbish, scum, sediment, settling, trash, loser, outcast

    regs

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Shortening of regular (possibly either genitive or plural).

    Noun

    (-)
  • (slang) Low-grade or commercial-grade marijuana.
    • Synonyms
    * (l), (l)
    Coordinate terms
    * (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l), (l) * (l), (l)

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