jetsam vs jettison

jetsam

noun
  • Articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress. 

  • Discarded odds and ends. 

jettison

noun
  • Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon. 

  • The action of jettisoning items. 

verb
  • To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load. 

  • To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective. 

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