Rot vs Trash - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between rot and trash

is that rot is meat roasted on a spit while trash is (chiefly|us) useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

As a verb trash is

(us) to discard.

rot

English

Verb

(rott)

To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.

* Alexander Pope

Fixed like a plant on his peculiar spot, / To draw nutrition, propagate, and rot .

To decline in function or utility.

To deteriorate in any way.

I hope they all rot in prison for what they've done.

* Macaulay

Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.

* Thackeray

Rot , poor bachelor, in your club.

To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.

to rot vegetable fiber

To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.

Derived terms

* potter's rot

Noun

(en noun)

The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.

Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.

* Milton

His cattle must of rot and murrain die.

Verbal nonsense.

Synonyms

* (nonsense) See also

Anagrams

* (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l), (l) English intransitive verbs ----

trash

English

Noun

(-)

(chiefly, US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

* Landor

A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.

A container into which things are discarded.

Something worthless or of poor quality.

(slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class.

(computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.

A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

(Markham)

Synonyms

* garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste * (container) trash can * See also

Derived terms

* trailer trash * trash bag * trash can * trashed * trashery * trash fish * trashman * trashmover * trashy * white trash

Verb

(es)

(US) To discard.

* 1989 , InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)

Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.

(US) To make into a mess.

The burglars trashed the house.

(US) To beat soundly in a game.

(US) To disrespect someone or something

To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.

to trash the rattoons of sugar cane

To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.

To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.

(Beaumont and Fletcher)

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* trash out

Anagrams

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