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waste vs shoot

shoot vs waste

waste and shoot both are nouns.

waste is an adjective but shoot is not an adjective.

waste and shoot both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
waste Yes Yes Yes No
shoot Yes No Yes No
As verbs, shoot is a hyponym of waste; that is, shoot is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than waste:
  • waste: spend extravagantly
  • shoot: spend frivolously and unwisely
waste (noun) shoot (noun)
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly the act of shooting at targets
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect a new branch
the trait of wasting resources
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
waste (adjective) shoot (adjective)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
waste (verb) shoot (verb)
become physically weaker give an injection to
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly produce buds, branches, or germinate
cause to grow thin or weak measure the altitude of by using a sextant
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief record on photographic film
spend extravagantly make a film or photograph of something
use inefficiently or inappropriately utter fast and forcefully
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing fire a shot; release
run off as waste hit with a missile from a weapon
spend thoughtlessly; throw away score
dispose of spend frivolously and unwisely
force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
throw dice, as in a crap game
variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
run or move very quickly or hastily
move quickly and violently
send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
cause a sharp and sudden pain in
kill by firing a missile
emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Difference between waste and shoot

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