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Stash vs Cache - What's the difference?

stash | cache |

As nouns the difference between stash and cache

is that stash is a collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve while cache is a store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.

As verbs the difference between stash and cache

is that stash is to hide or store away for later use while cache is to place in a cache.

stash

English

Noun

(es)
  • A collection, sometimes hidden; a reserve.
  • ''They had quite a stash of food saved up for emergencies.

    Verb

    (es)
  • To hide or store away for later use.
  • He stashed his liquor in the cabinet under the bar.

    cache

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A store of things that may be required in the future, which can be retrieved rapidly, protected or hidden in some way.
  • Members of the 29-man Discovery team laid down food caches''' to allow the polar team to travel light, hopping from food '''cache''' to food '''cache on their return journey.
  • (computing) A fast temporary storage where recently or frequently used information is stored to avoid having to reload it from a slower storage medium.
  • (geocaching) A container containing treasure in a global treasure-hunt game.
  • References

    * JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

    Verb

    (cach)
  • To place in a cache.
  • (Marijuana smoking) For the herb in a bowl to be entirely burnt to ashes and therefore having become empty, gone, or useless for further smoking