Refuse vs Sewage - What's the difference?
refuse | sewage |
(UK) Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
To decline (a request or demand).
* Bible, Isa. i. 20
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To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
(military) To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
(obsolete) To disown.
* Shakespeare
A suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.
(obsolete) sewerage.
In obsolete terms the difference between refuse and sewage
is that refuse is refusal while sewage is sewerage.As nouns the difference between refuse and sewage
is that refuse is collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage while sewage is a suspension of water and solid waste, transported by sewers to be disposed of or processed.As an adjective refuse
is discarded, rejected.As a verb refuse
is to decline (a request or demand).refuse
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* discards * garbage (US ) * rubbish (UK ) * trash (US ) * See alsoEtymology 2
From (etyl) refuser, from .Verb
(refus)- My request for a pay rise was refused .
- I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
- If ye refuse ye shall be devoured with the sword.
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- I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused .
- to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
- Refuse thy name.