piece vs scrap

piece and scrap both are nouns.

piece and scrap both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
piece	Yes	No	Yes	No
scrap	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, scrap is a hyponym of piece; that is, scrap is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than piece:

piece: a separate part of a whole
scrap: a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used

Other hyponyms of piece include beam, piece of cloth, piece of material, piece of leather, fragment, shard, sherd, snip, snippet, snipping, spindle.

piece (noun)	scrap (noun)
a separate part of a whole	the act of fighting; any contest or struggle
game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games	a small piece of something that is left over after the rest has been used
a portable gun	a small fragment of something broken off from the whole
a work of art of some artistic value	worthless material that is to be disposed of
an item that is an instance of some type
a distance
a musical work that has been created
an artistic or literary composition
an instance of some kind
a serving that has been cut from a larger portion
a portion of a natural object
a share of something
a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition

piece (verb)	scrap (verb)
repair by adding pieces	make into scrap or refuse
eat intermittently; take small bites of	have a disagreement over something
join during spinning	dispose of (something useless or old)
to join or unite the pieces of
create by putting components or members together

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