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waste vs stuff

stuff vs waste

waste and stuff both are nouns.

waste is an adjective but stuff is not an adjective.

waste and stuff both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
waste Yes Yes Yes No
stuff Yes No Yes No
As nouns, stuff is a hypernym of waste; that is, stuff is a word with a broader meaning than waste:
  • waste: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
  • stuff: the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Other hypernyms of waste include material.
waste (noun) stuff (noun)
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly miscellaneous unspecified objects
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect unspecified qualities required to do or be something
the trait of wasting resources a critically important or characteristic component
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation senseless talk
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted information in some unspecified form
informal terms for personal possessions
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
waste (adjective) stuff (adjective)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
waste (verb) stuff (verb)
become physically weaker fill with a stuffing while cooking
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly fill tightly with a material
cause to grow thin or weak treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
spend extravagantly cram into a cavity
use inefficiently or inappropriately obstruct
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing press or force
run off as waste
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
dispose of
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