get rid of vs cast aside

cast aside vs get rid of

get rid of and cast aside both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get rid of	No	No	Yes	No
cast aside	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cast aside is a hyponym of get rid of; that is, cast aside is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than get rid of:

get rid of: dispose of
cast aside: throw or cast away

Other hyponyms of get rid of include cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, slough off, comb out, weed out, work off, cull, ditch, dump, unmuzzle, de-aerate, deaerate, decaffeinate, decarbonate, decerebrate, dechlorinate, defat, defibrinate, degrease, delist, delocalize, deoxygenate, destain, desulfurize, desulphurize, detick, devein, fettle, flesh, flense, kern, pith, scum, unbridle.

get rid of (verb)	cast aside (verb)
terminate, end, or take out	throw or cast away
dispose of
do away with

Difference between get rid of and cast aside

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