sell up vs cast away

cast away vs sell up

sell up and cast away both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sell up	No	No	Yes	No
cast away	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, cast away is a hypernym of sell up; that is, cast away is a word with a broader meaning than sell up:

sell up: sell or get rid of all one's merchandise
cast away: throw or cast away

Other hypernyms of sell up include cast aside, cast out, chuck out, discard, dispose, fling, put away, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out.

sell up (verb)	cast away (verb)
sell or get rid of all one's merchandise	throw or cast away

Difference between sell up and cast away

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