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Trash vs Tramper - What's the difference?

trash | tramper |

As nouns the difference between trash and tramper

is that trash is (chiefly|us) useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse while tramper is one who tramps.

As a verb trash

is (us) 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

    * *

    tramper

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who tramps.
  • (chiefly, New Zealand) A recreational hiker.
  • * 2007 , Linda Barnard, "Train trek carries travellers over New Zealand's alpine backbone," Toronto Star , 29 Dec., p. T9:
    • It's a popular spot for hikers, or trampers as they call them here.
  • (industry) A mechanism which pounds material into a more compact form for further processing; found for example in cotton gins and trash processors.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Cotton Ginner's Handbook, author=W.S. Anthony, D.W. Van Doorn, and Douglas Herber, year=1995, chapter=Packaging Lint Cotton, page=123, isbn=078812420X citation
    • , passage=The purpose of the tramper is to pack the lint into the press box under the restraining dogs near the top end of the press box.}}
  • (nautical) A ship, typically a bulk freighter, which does not travel on a fixed route; compare liner.
  • * {{quote-book, title=Baltimore Harbor: A Pictorial History, author=Robert C. Keither, page=194, year=2005, isbn=0801879809 citation
    • , passage=A Greek ship wants 30 pounds of feta cheese, a British tramper requests five cases of steak and kidney pies, a Japanese auto carrier orders 75 pints of boiled octopus,

    Synonyms

    * (one who tramps) walker, stomper * (one who hikes) hiker * (freighter not following a fixed route) tramp, tramp steamer, tramp freighter