get rid of vs throw away

throw away vs get rid of

get rid of and throw away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get rid of	No	No	Yes	No
throw away	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of get rid of include cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put 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)	throw away (verb)
terminate, end, or take out	to remove
dispose of	throw or cast away
do away with

Difference between get rid of and throw away

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