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Trumpery vs Rubbish - What's the difference?

trumpery | rubbish |

As nouns the difference between trumpery and rubbish

is that trumpery is worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk while rubbish is garbage, junk, refuse, waste.

As adjectives the difference between trumpery and rubbish

is that trumpery is gaudy but of no value while rubbish is (chiefly|au|nz|british|colloquial) exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.

As an interjection rubbish is

(colloquial) expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.

As a verb rubbish is

to denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.

trumpery

English

Noun

(trumperies)
  • worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk
  • * 1610 , , act 4 scene 1
    • (Prospero, to Ariel)
    This was well done, my bird.
    Thy shape invisible retain thou still:
    The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither
    For stale to catch these thieves.
  • nonsense
  • * South
    • Upon the coming of Christ, very much, though not all, of this idolatrous trumpery and superstition was driven out of the world.
  • (obsolete) deceit; fraud
    • (Grenewey)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • gaudy but of no value
  • * 1954 , Anthony Buckeridge, According to Jennings
    • “Of all the trumpery moonshine!” Mr Wilkins exploded. “What do you think you're playing at, Jennings!”

    rubbish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (chiefly, AU, NZ, British, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful; terrible; crappy.
    • This has been a rubbish day, and it's about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.

    Interjection

  • (colloquial) Expresses that something is exceedingly bad, terrible or awful.
    • The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
    Aw, rubbish ! Though at least this means you have time to play football...
  • Expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense.
    • Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!

    Synonyms

    * (expresses that what was recently said is untruth or nonsense) nonsense, bullshit, bollocks

    Noun

    (wikipedia rubbish) (-)
  • Garbage, junk, refuse, waste.
    • The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
  • Nonsense.
    • Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish . How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?
  • Fragments of buildings; ruins; debris.
  • * Dryden
    • He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * rubbish bin

    Related terms

    * rubble

    Verb

    (es)
  • To denounce, to criticise, to denigrate, to disparage.

    • Derived terms

    * rubbisher

    References