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Jungle vs Junk - What's the difference?

jungle | junk |

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between jungle and junk

is that jungle is (slang) an area where hobos camp together while junk is (slang) genitalia.

As nouns the difference between jungle and junk

is that jungle is a large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals while junk is discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash or junk can be (nautical) a chinese sailing vessel.

As a verb junk is

to throw away.

jungle

English

(wikipedia jungle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A large, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, that is home to many wild plants and animals.
  • (colloquial) A place where people behave ruthlessly, unconstrained by law or morality.
    • It’s a jungle out there.
  • (slang) An area where hobos camp together.
  • (uncountable) A style of electronic music related to drum and bass.

    • Derived terms

    * asphalt jungle * concrete jungle * it's a jungle out there * jungle cat * jungle cock * jungle fowl * jungle juice * jungle telegraph * jungle warfare * law of the jungle * rubber jungle

    See also

    * rainforest

    External links

    * (projectlink) Article on Jungle (forest) * * ----

    junk

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (EtymOnLine).

    Noun

    (-)
  • Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=No hiding place
    • , date=2013-05-25, volume=407, issue=8837, page=74, magazine=(The Economist) citation , passage=In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.}}
  • A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
  • (slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
  • * 1961 , William S. Burroughs, The Soft Machine , page 7
    • Trace a line of goose pimples up the thin young arm. Slide the needle in and push the bulb watching the junk' hit him all over. Move right in with the shit and suck ' junk through all the hungry young cells.
  • (slang) Genitalia.
  • * 2009 , (Kesha), (Tik Tok)
    • I'm talking about everybody getting crunk, crunk
    Boys tryin' to touch my junk, junk
    Gonna smack him if he getting too drunk, drunk
  • (nautical) Salt beef.
  • Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.
  • (dated) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.
    • (Lowell)
    Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * junk bond * junk bottle * junk DNA * junk drawer * junk food * junk hook * junkie * junk mail * junk ring * junkroom * junk science * junkshop * junk vat * junk wad * junkyard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To throw away.
    • Synonyms
    * (throw away) bin, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, discard, dispose of, ditch, dump, scrap, throw away, throw out, toss, trash * See also

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) junco, from (etyl) djong (Malay (adjong)).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.

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