dump vs rubbish heap

rubbish heap vs dump

dump and rubbish heap both are nouns.

dump is a verb but rubbish heap is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dump	Yes	No	Yes	No
rubbish heap	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rubbish heap is a hyponym of dump; that is, rubbish heap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dump:

dump: a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
rubbish heap: an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter

Other hyponyms of dump include eitchen midden, kitchen midden, midden, garbage heap, junk heap, junk pile, refuse heap, scrapheap, trash heap, trash pile, toxic dumpsite, toxic waste dump, toxic waste site.

dump (noun)	rubbish heap (noun)
a place where supplies can be stored	an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter
(computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device; sometimes used in debugging programs
a piece of land where waste materials are dumped
a coarse term for defecation

dump (verb)	rubbish heap (verb)
knock down with force
drop (stuff) in a heap or mass
fall abruptly
throw away as refuse
sell at artificially low prices
sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly

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