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Rubbish vs Rabble - What's the difference?

rubbish | rabble |

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)
  • (chiefly, AU, NZ, British, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
  • This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.

    Interjection

  • (colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
  • 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...
  • Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
  • Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!

    Synonyms

    * (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense) nonsense, bullshit, bollocks

    Noun

    (wikipedia rubbish) (-)
  • Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
  • The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
  • Nonsense.
  • 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?
  • Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
  • * Dryden
  • He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * rubbish bin

    Verb

    (es)
  • To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.
  • Derived terms

    * rubbisher

    References

    rabble

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A mob; a disorderly crowd.
  • The mass of common people; the lowest class of people.
  • Synonyms

    * riffraff

    Derived terms

    * rabble rouser