Scrap vs Throwaway - What's the difference?
scrap | throwaway |
A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
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(usually, in the plural) Leftover food.
Discarded material (especially metal), junk.
(ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
To discard.
(of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
To dispose of at a scrapyard.
To make into scrap.
to fight
Disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.
Extemporaneous; off the cuff.
Selected or used without care or attention. (rfex)
As nouns the difference between scrap and throwaway
is that scrap is a (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion while throwaway is something temporary or disposable.As a verb scrap
is to discard.As an adjective throwaway is
disposable; intended for a single use prior to being discarded.scrap
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) scrappe, from (etyl) skrap, fromNoun
(en noun)- I have no materials — not a scrap .
- I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole.
- Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight.
- That car isn't good for anything but scrap .
- pork scraps
Derived terms
* scrap paper * scrapbook * scrapheap * scrappy * scrapyardVerb
(scrapp)Derived terms
* scrapperEtymology 2
Verb
(scrapp)Anagrams
* English terms with multiple etymologiesthrowaway
English
Adjective
(-)- Water was provided in throwaway plastic bottles, but the more ecologically minded of us refilled our initial bottles from the fountain.
- The host made a throwaway remark about the president that was later repeated on the television news.