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Trash vs Sun - What's the difference?

trash | sun |

As nouns the difference between trash and sun

is that trash is useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse while sun is a star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.

As verbs the difference between trash and sun

is that trash is to discard while sun is to expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.

As a proper noun sun is

the star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.

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

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    sun

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (sense) (capitalized) Sun

    Proper noun

  • The star that the Earth revolves around and from which it receives light and warmth.The Illustrated Oxford Dictionary , Oxford University Press, 1998
  • *
  • , title= Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage='Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.}}
    Usage notes
    * The Sun is traditionally regarded as masculine.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (astronomy) A star, especially when seen as the centre of any single solar system.
  • The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Lambs that did frisk in the sun .
  • Something like the sun in brightness or splendor.Webster's College Dictionary , Random House, 2001
  • * Bible, Psalms lxxiv. 11
  • For the Lord God is a sun and shield.
  • * Eikon Basilike
  • I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity.
  • (chiefly, literary) Sunrise or sunset.
  • *
  • *, p.184 (republished 1832):
  • *:whilst many an hunger-starved poor creature pines in the street, wants clothes to cover him, labours hard all day long, runs, rides for a trifle, fights peradventure from sun' to ' sun , sick and ill, weary, full of pain and grief, is in great distress and sorrow of heart.
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  • Derived terms

    * everything under the sun * sunbath * sunbathe * sunblock * sunburn * sun cream * sun cure * sun deck * sundial * sundown * sunflower * sunglass * sunglasses * sun god * sun hat * sun lamp * sunlight * sunly * sunny * sun protection factor * sunrise * sunscreen * sunset * sunshine * sun shower * sunspot * sunstead * sunstroke * suntan * sunup * sun visor * talk about everything under the sun

    Verb

    (sunn)
  • To expose to the warmth and radiation of the sun.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.}}
  • To warm or dry in the sunshine.
  • To be exposed to the sun.
  • To expose the eyes to the sun as part of the Bates method.
  • See also

    * aphelion * helio- * parhelion * perihelion * solar * sunn

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