Trash vs Cabbage - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between trash and cabbage

is that trash is useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse while cabbage is an edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves.

As verbs the difference between trash and cabbage

is that trash is to discard while cabbage is to form a head like that of the cabbage.

trash

English

Noun

(-)

(chiefly, US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

* Landor

A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.

A container into which things are discarded.

Something worthless or of poor quality.

(slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class.

(computing) Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.

A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

(Markham)

Synonyms

* garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste * (container) trash can * See also

Derived terms

* trailer trash * trash bag * trash can * trashed * trashery * trash fish * trashman * trashmover * trashy * white trash

Verb

(es)

(US) To discard.

* 1989 , InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)

Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.

(US) To make into a mess.

The burglars trashed the house.

(US) To beat soundly in a game.

(US) To disrespect someone or something

To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.

to trash the rattoons of sugar cane

To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.

To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.

(Beaumont and Fletcher)

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* trash out

Anagrams

* *

cabbage

English

(wikipedia cabbage)

Noun

An edible plant ( ) having a head of green leaves.

(uncountable) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable.

Cabbage is good for you.

(countable, offensive) A person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage.

After the car crash, he became a cabbage .

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(uncountable, slang) Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

(uncountable, slang) Money.

(uncountable, slang) Marijuana leaf, the part that is not smoked but from which cannabutter can be extracted.

The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used for food.

The cabbage palmetto.

Synonyms

* (plant) cabbage plant, cole * (leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable) cole, greens * (person with severely reduced mental capacities due to brain damage) vegetable

Verb

(cabbag)

To form a head like that of the cabbage.

To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.

* Arbuthnot

Your tailorcabbages whole yards of cloth.

* , chapter=8

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Synonyms

* (purloin) embezzle, pilfer, purloin, steal