Spoils vs Gangue - What's the difference?
spoils | gangue |
That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage; -- commonly in the plural; as
(spoil)
(mining) The earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.
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As nouns the difference between spoils and gangue
is that spoils is that which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty while gangue is (mining) the earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore.As a verb spoils
is (spoil).spoils
English
Noun
(en-plural noun)- "Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils." —Milton.
- to the victor belong the spoils
Verb
(head)- Milk spoils when left out too long.
