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Junk vs Dope - What's the difference?

junk | dope |

Dope is a synonym of junk.



In lang=en terms the difference between junk and dope

is that junk is a fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk while dope is great, amazing or extraordinary.

In transitive terms the difference between junk and dope

is that junk is to throw away while dope is to treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).

As an adjective dope is

great, amazing or extraordinary.

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.
  • References

    dope

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant, used in preparing a surface.
  • (uncountable) An absorbent material used to hold a liquid.
  • (uncountable, aeronautics) Any varnish used to coat a part, such as an airplane wing or a hot-air balloon in order to waterproof, strengthen,
  • (uncountable, slang) Any illicit or narcotic drug that produces euphoria or satisfies an addiction; particularly heroin.
  • * 1953 , , Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer , Pantheon, 1981, p. 18
  • Here's a cure for all your troubles, here's an end to all distress. It's the old dope peddler, with his powdered happiness.''
  • (uncountable, slang) Information.
  • * What's the latest dope on the stock market?
  • (countable, slang) A stupid person.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * dope fiend * dope sheet * dope slap/dope-slap

    Verb

  • (slang) To affect with drugs.
  • To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.).
  • (electronics) To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon).
  • (slang) To use drugs.
  • Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) Great, amazing or extraordinary.
  • That party was dope !

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