Rubbish vs Rabble - What's the difference?
rubbish | rabble |
(chiefly, AU, NZ, British, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
(colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
Nonsense.
Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
* Dryden
To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.
As nouns the difference between rubbish and rabble
is that rubbish is garbage, junk, refuse, waste while rabble is a mob; a disorderly crowd.As an adjective rubbish
is (chiefly|au|nz|british|colloquial) exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.As an interjection rubbish
is (colloquial) expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.As a verb rubbish
is to denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.rubbish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
Interjection
- The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
- Aw, rubbish ! Though at least this means you have time to play football...
- Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
Synonyms
* (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense) nonsense, bullshit, bollocksNoun
(wikipedia rubbish) (-)- The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
- Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish . How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?
- He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.