Scavenge vs Salvage - What's the difference?
scavenge | salvage |
to collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material
to remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities
to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle
to feed on carrion or refuse
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
the compensation paid to the rescuers
the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
damaged
* salvage cars auction.
Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
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, date=September 13
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Of discarded goods, to put to use
To make new or restore for the use of being saved
In transitive terms the difference between scavenge and salvage
is that scavenge is to expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle while salvage is to make new or restore for the use of being saved.As a noun salvage is
the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation.scavenge
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* scavenger * scavenge pumpsalvage
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(wikipedia salvage)Etymology 1
From (etyl) salver, from .Noun
(en noun)Verb
(salvag)citation, page= , passage=Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.}}
