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Spoils vs Pickings - What's the difference?

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Spoils is a related term of pickings.


As nouns the difference between spoils and pickings

is that spoils is that which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty while pickings is .

As a verb spoils

is (spoil).

spoils

English

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage; booty.
    • "Gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils." —Milton.
  • 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
    • to the victor belong the spoils

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spoil)
    • Milk spoils when left out too long.

    pickings

    English

    Noun

    (head)