refuse vs waste
waste vs refuserefuse and waste both are nouns.
refuse is not an adjective while waste is an adjective.
refuse and waste both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| refuse | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| waste | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As nouns,
waste is a hypernym of
refuse; that is, waste is a
word with a broader meaning than refuse:
- refuse: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- waste: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
| refuse (noun) | waste (noun) |
|---|---|
| food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | 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 |
| refuse (adjective) | waste (adjective) |
|---|---|
| located in a dismal or remote area; desolate |
| refuse (verb) | waste (verb) |
|---|---|
| show unwillingness towards | become physically weaker |
| not accept as true | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| refuse to let have | cause to grow thin or weak |
| refuse entrance or membership | lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief |
| elude, especially in a baffling way | spend extravagantly |
| resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ | use inefficiently or inappropriately |
| get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing | |
| run off as waste | |
| spend thoughtlessly; throw away | |
| dispose of |
Words related to "refuse"
- abnegate
- accept
- beggar
- bounce
- contract out
- decline
- defy
- deny
- disdain
- dishonor
- dishonour
- disobey
- elude
- escape
- food waste
- freeze off
- garbage
- hold on
- keep
- keep back
- pass up
- pooh-pooh
- react
- refusal
- regret
- reject
- repudiate
- resist
- respond
- scorn
- scraps
- spurn
- turn away
- turn down
- waste
- waste material
- waste matter
- waste product
- withhold
Words related to "waste"
- act
- activity
- apply
- barren
- blow
- body waste
- boondoggle
- burn
- cast aside
- cast away
- cast out
- chuck out
- conserve
- consume
- course
- crud
- debilitate
- deed
- degenerate
- deplete
- depreciation
- derogation
- desolate
- destroy
- deteriorate
- devastate
- devolve
- discard
- disparagement
- dispose
- dissipate
- dissipation
- do in
- drain
- drink
- drop
- dross
- eat
- eat up
- effluent
- emaciate
- employ
- enfeeble
- excrement
- excreta
- excretion
- excretory product
- exhaust
- exhaust fumes
- expend
- extravagance
- feed
- filth
- fling
- flow
- food waste
- fool
- fool away
- fritter
- fritter away
- frivol away
- fumes
- gangrene
- garbage
- godforsaken
- heath
- heathland
- high life
- highlife
- human action
- human activity
- improvidence
- impurity
- inhospitable
- jurisprudence
- kill
- knock off
- languish
- lavish
- lavishness
- law
- lay waste to
- liquidate
- luxuriate
- macerate
- material
- mortify
- necrose
- neutralise
- neutralize
- overspend
- permissive waste
- pine away
- pollutant
- prodigality
- put away
- ravage
- refuse
- rot
- rubbish
- ruin
- run
- run off
- run through
- scourge
- scrap
- scraps
- sewage
- sewer water
- sewerage
- shoot
- shortsightedness
- shower
- skank
- slop
- spend
- sphacelate
- splurge
- squander
- squandering
- stuff
- thriftlessness
- throw away
- throw out
- tope
- toss
- toss away
- toss out
- toxic industrial waste
- toxic waste
- trash
- use
- use up
- utilise
- utilize
- wanton
- ware
- wastage
- waste material
- waste matter
- waste of effort
- waste of energy
- waste of material
- waste of money
- waste of time
- waste product
- wastefulness
- wasteland
- waster
- wastewater
- wasting
- weaken
- wild
- wilderness
- wipe out
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