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Wasting vs Wastage - What's the difference?

wasting | wastage |

As nouns the difference between wasting and wastage

is that wasting is gradual deterioration or wasting away while wastage is the amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration.

As an adjective wasting

is causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.

As a verb wasting

is present participle of lang=en.

wasting

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Causing a waste, particularly a wasting disease which causes pronounced loss of body mass.

    • Derived terms

    *wasting disease

    Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Gradual deterioration or wasting away.
    • muscular wastings
  • The act by which something is laid waste; destruction.

    • 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  • Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss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