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Sibling vs Garbage - What's the difference?

sibling | garbage |

As nouns the difference between sibling and garbage

is that sibling is a person who shares same parents one's brother or sister while garbage is the bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.

As a verb garbage is

(obsolete) to eviscerate.

sibling

English

Noun

(wikipedia sibling) (en noun)
  • A person who shares same parents. One's brother or sister.
  • None of my siblings are married yet. .

    Derived terms

    * nibling * siblinghood *stepsibling *adoptive sibling *milk sibling *full sibling *siblingly *little sib *half sib *stepsib *sib-in-law *fullsib *foster sib *adoptive sib

    garbage

    English

    Alternative forms

    * garbidge

    Noun

    (-)
  • The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
  • Food waste material of any kind.
  • Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays
  • Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
  • The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
  • A place or receptacle for waste material.
  • He threw the newspaper into the garbage .
  • Nonsense; gibberish.
  • (often, attributively) Something or someone worthless.
  • * 2009 , David R. Portney, 129 More Seminar Speaking Success Tips , ISBN 9780967851488, p. 8:
  • Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.

    Synonyms

    * junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste * See also

    Antonyms

    * artifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable, resource, treasure, valuable

    Derived terms

    * garbage bag * garbage bin * garbage can * garbage collect * garbage collector * garbage collection * garbage disposal * garbage dump * * garbage man * garbage mitt * garbage scow * garbage time * garbage truck * garbo * garbologist

    Verb

    (garbag)
  • (obsolete) To eviscerate.
  • * 1674 , , ''The Passenger Pigeon , 1907, The Outing Publishing Company):
  • I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.

    Synonyms

    * gut * disembowel * eviscerate

    See also

    * American English