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Dregs vs Settlings - What's the difference?

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Dregs is a related term of settlings.


As nouns the difference between dregs and settlings

is that dregs is (collectively ) the sediment settled at the bottom of a liquid; the lees in a container of unfiltered wine while settlings is .

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

    settlings

    English

    Noun

    (head)