Spam vs Garbage - What's the difference?
spam | garbage |
(uncountable, computing, Internet) A collection of unsolicited bulk electronic messages.
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(uncountable, computing, Internet) Any undesired electronic content automatically generated for commercial purposes.
(countable, rare, computing, Internet) An unsolicited electronic message sent in bulk, usually by email or newsgroups.
(tinned meat product)
(intransitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages.)
(transitive, computing, Internet) To send spam (i.e. unsolicited electronic messages) to a person or entity.
(transitive, by extension, video games) To relentlessly attack an enemy with (a spell or ability).
(transitive, intransitive, computing, Internet) To post the same text repeatedly with disruptive effect; to flood.
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The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
Food waste material of any kind.
Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
A place or receptacle for waste material.
Nonsense; gibberish.
(often, attributively) Something or someone worthless.
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(obsolete) To eviscerate.
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As a proper noun spam
is tinned meat made mainly from ham by hormel foods corporation.As a noun garbage is
the bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.As a verb garbage is
(obsolete) to eviscerate.spam
English
Noun
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Derived terms
* * * * *Meronyms
* e-mail, emailVerb
(spamm)- Stop spamming that special attack!
See also
* *Official SPAM home page
Anagrams
*Usage notes
garbage
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Alternative forms
* garbidgeNoun
(-)- Garbage is collected on Tuesdays; rubbish on Fridays
- The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
- He threw the newspaper into the garbage .
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- Forget about that garbage advice to “act natural”.
Synonyms
* junk, refuse, rubbish, trash, waste * See alsoAntonyms
* artifact, asset, catch, find, prize, recyclable, resource, treasure, valuableDerived 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 * garbologistVerb
(garbag)- I have bought at Boston a dozen Pidgeons ready pulled and garbidged for three pence.
