discard vs hoard

discard

noun
  • A discarded playing card in a card game. 

  • A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later. 

  • Anything discarded. 

verb
  • To throw away, to reject. 

  • To make a discard; to throw out a card. 

  • To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge. 

hoard

noun
  • A hoarding (billboard). 

  • A cache of valuable objects or artefacts; a trove. 

  • A hoarding (temporary structure used during construction). 

  • A hidden supply or fund. 

  • A projecting structure (especially of wood) in a fortification, somewhat similar to and later superseded by the brattice. 

verb
  • To amass, usually for one's own private collection. 

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