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Wastes vs Wastage - What's the difference?

wastes | wastage |

As nouns the difference between wastes and wastage

is that wastes is plural of lang=en while wastage is the amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration.

As a verb wastes

is third-person singular of waste.

wastes

English

Noun

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    • Verb

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  • (waste)

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    wastage

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration
    • The average wastage is 1.5% in the grocery department.
  • (countable) Anything lost by wear or waste
  • Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss
  • In hunting, the act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts; usually illegal