discard vs ponder

discard

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

  • To throw away, to reject. 

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

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

  • Anything discarded. 

  • A discarded playing card in a card game. 

ponder

verb
  • To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly. 

  • To wonder, think of deeply. 

noun
  • A period of deep thought. 

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