Recyclable vs Recycling - What's the difference?
recyclable | recycling |
Able to be recycled.
An object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.
The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
(uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling.
As nouns the difference between recyclable and recycling
is that recyclable is an object that can be recycled, such as a soda can while recycling is the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.As an adjective recyclable
is able to be recycled.As a verb recycling is
present participle of lang=en.recyclable
English
Adjective
(-)- Soda cans are recyclable .
Derived terms
* recyclabilityNoun
(en noun)- The garbage and recyclables need to be taken out to the street tomorrow.
recycling
English
(wikipedia recycling)Noun
(en noun)- He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.