put away vs waste

waste vs put away

put away is not a noun while waste is a noun.

put away is not an adjective while waste is an adjective.

put away and waste both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
put away	No	No	Yes	No
waste	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, waste is a hyponym of put away; that is, waste is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than put away:

put away: throw or cast away
waste: dispose of

Other hyponyms of put away include unlearn, deep-six, give it the deep six, jettison, junk, scrap, trash, dump, retire, abandon, liquidize, sell out, sell up, de-access, close out.

put away (noun)	waste (noun)
	useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
	(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
	the trait of wasting resources
	an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
	any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

put away (adjective)	waste (adjective)
	located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

put away (verb)	waste (verb)
turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily	become physically weaker
eat up; usually refers to a considerable quantity of food	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
kill gently, as with an injection	cause to grow thin or weak
place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape	lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
stop using	spend extravagantly
throw or cast away	use inefficiently or inappropriately
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail	get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
	run off as waste
	spend thoughtlessly; throw away
	dispose of

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