stuff vs litter

litter vs stuff

stuff and litter both are nouns.

stuff and litter both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stuff	Yes	No	Yes	No
litter	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

stuff: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
litter: material used to provide a bed for animals

Other hyponyms of stuff include ballast, bedding, bedding material, rind, recycling, precursor, atom, corpuscle, molecule, mote, particle, speck, ammunition, floc, floccule, HAZMAT, aggregate, raw material, staple, sorbate, sorbent, sorbent material, diamagnet, mineral, rock, stone, adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material, sealing material, animal material, fluff, bimetal, abradant, abrasive, abrasive material, chemical, chemical substance, composite material, conductor, dielectric, insulator, nonconductor, contaminant, contamination, particulate, particulate matter, dust, elastomer, earth, ground, discharge, emission, detritus, waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product, fiber, fibre, fill, filling, foam, homogenate, humate, impregnation, paper, packing, packing material, wadding, color, coloring material, colour, colouring material, plant material, plant substance, radioactive material, thickener, thickening, toner, translucent substance, transparent substance, undercut, builder, detergent builder, vernix, vernix caseosa, wad, electroceramic material, pyroelectric material, piezoelectric material, ferromagnet, antiferromagnet.

stuff (noun)	litter (noun)
miscellaneous unspecified objects	material used to provide a bed for animals
unspecified qualities required to do or be something	conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
a critically important or characteristic component	the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal
senseless talk	rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
information in some unspecified form
informal terms for personal possessions
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

stuff (verb)	litter (verb)
fill with a stuffing while cooking	give birth to a litter of animals
fill tightly with a material	make a place messy by strewing garbage around
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting	strew
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
cram into a cavity
obstruct
press or force

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