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waste vs feed

feed vs waste

waste and feed both are nouns.

waste is an adjective but feed is not an adjective.

waste and feed both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
waste Yes Yes Yes No
feed Yes No Yes No
As verbs, feed is a hypernym of waste; that is, feed is a word with a broader meaning than waste:
  • waste: run off as waste
  • feed: move along, of liquids
Other hypernyms of waste include course, flow, run.
waste (noun) feed (noun)
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly food for domestic livestock
(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
waste (adjective) feed (adjective)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
waste (verb) feed (verb)
become physically weaker provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly introduce continuously
cause to grow thin or weak take in food; used of animals only
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief give food to
spend extravagantly serve as food for; be the food for
use inefficiently or inappropriately feed into; supply
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing provide as food
run off as waste gratify
spend thoughtlessly; throw away profit from in an exploitatory manner
dispose of move along, of liquids
support or promote
Difference between waste and feed

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