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Sullage vs Garbage - What's the difference?

sullage | garbage |

As nouns the difference between sullage and garbage

is that sullage is the liquid discharges from kitchens, wash basins, toilets etc; sewage while garbage is {{cx|obsolete|lang=en}} The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.

As a verb garbage is

to eviscerate.

sullage

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The liquid discharges from kitchens, wash basins, toilets etc; sewage
  • * Evelyn
    • The streets were exceedingly large, well paved, having many vaults and conveyances under them for sullage .
  • silt or sediment deposited from flowing water.
  • That which sullies or defiles.
  • * South
    • It is the privilege of the celestial luminaries to receive no tincture, sullage , or defilement from the most noisome sinks and dunghills here below.
  • (metallurgy) The scoria on the surface of molten metal in the ladle.

    • Derived terms

    * sullage piece

    References

    *Water Supply & Sanitation - by M. Feroze Ahmed & Md. Mujibur Rahman *OED 2nd edition 1989

    Anagrams

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    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