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Forcasten vs Offcast - What's the difference?

forcasten | offcast |

As an adjective forcasten

is felled, fallen.

As a verb offcast is

to cast off; shed.

As a noun offcast is

that which is rejected or forcasten as useless.

forcasten

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Felled, fallen.
  • Cast away, rejected; neglected; not used, cast off.
  • * 1891 , Samuel Rutherford, Letters of Samuel Rutherford :
    • I think Christ lieth like an old forcasten castle, forsaken of the inhabitants; all men run away now from Him.
  • (dialectal, chiefly, Scotland) Abandoned; forlorn.
  • * 1976 , David Craig, Scottish literature and the Scottish people :
    • They dread full ill I was right poor, By my forcasten company.
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    offcast

    English

    Verb

  • To cast off; shed.
  • (transitive, theatre, television) To remove from the cast of a production.
  • *1985 , Tino Balio, The American film industry :
    • The experiment to offcast Davis began in 1937 with That Certain Woman; "She's a lady," we are told.
  • *1997 , Ann M. Sperber, Eric Lax, Bogart :
    • [...] and Paramount was not inclined to offcast its stars, the story was dropped.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is rejected or forcasten as useless.