Trash vs Griffin - What's the difference?
trash | griffin |
(chiefly, US) Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
* Landor
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.
(US) To discard.
* 1989 , InfoWorld (18 December 1989, page 66)
(US) To make into a mess.
(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 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.
A mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.
(dated, Anglo-Indian) A person who has just arrived from Europe.
* 1842 , The Asiatic journal and monthly register (volume 38, page 40)
A large vulture (Gyps fulvus ) found in the mountainous parts of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Asia Minor, supposed to be the "eagle" of the Bible. The bearded griffin is the lammergeier.
An English early apple.
A cadet newly arrived in British India: half English, half Indian.[http://books.google.com/books?id=pgoPAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA555]
As nouns the difference between trash and griffin
is that trash is useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse while griffin is a mythical beast having the body of a lion and the wings and head of an eagle.As a verb trash
is to discard.As a proper noun Griffin is
{{surname|common Irish|from=Irish}}, the anglicized form of both the Ó Gríobhtha (Ballygriffey Co. Clare) and Ó Grifín (Dingle, Co. Kerry) clans.trash
English
Noun
(-)- A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
- (Markham)
Synonyms
* garbage (1-3), junk (1,3), refuse (1), rubbish, waste * (container) trash can * See alsoDerived terms
* trailer trash * trash bag * trash can * trashed * trashery * trash fish * trashman * trashmover * trashy * white trashVerb
(es)- Fatcat also fails to warn you that unformatting will trash any files copied to the unintentionally formatted disk.
- The burglars trashed the house.
- to trash the rattoons of sugar cane
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* trash outSee also
recycle binAnagrams
* *griffin
English
(wikipedia griffin)Alternative forms
* gryfon (obsolete) * gryphon * griffonNoun
(en noun)- Tables were laid out in the palace, profusely covered with wines and refreshments, in the European style; old hands and griffins , fair sex and civilians, seemed all determined to enjoy themselves