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Trash vs Residue - What's the difference?

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Residue is a synonym of trash.



As nouns the difference between trash and residue

is that trash is useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse while residue is whatever remains after something else has been removed.

As a verb trash

is to discard.

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

    See also

    recycle bin

    Anagrams

    * *

    residue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
  • (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  • (legal) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
  • (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
  • Derived terms

    * nonresidue * quadratic residue * residual * residuary

    Anagrams

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