waste material vs excrement

excrement vs waste material

waste material and excrement both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
waste material	Yes	No	No	No
excrement	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, excrement is a hyponym of waste material; that is, excrement is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than waste material:

waste material: any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
excrement: waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

Other hyponyms of waste material include dross, impurity, exhaust, exhaust fumes, fumes, body waste, excreta, excretion, excretory product, crud, filth, skank, sewage, sewerage, effluent, sewer water, wastewater, food waste, garbage, refuse, scraps, pollutant, rubbish, scrap, trash, slop, toxic industrial waste, toxic waste.

waste material (noun)	excrement (noun)
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted	waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

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