dump vs trash

dump

verb
  • To discard; to get rid of something one no longer wants. 

  • To sell below cost or very cheaply; to engage in dumping. 

  • To precipitate (especially snow) heavily. 

  • To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence, to unload from a cart by tilting it 

  • To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. 

  • To output the contents of storage or a data structure, often in order to diagnose a bug. 

  • Of a surf wave, to crash a swimmer, surfer, etc., heavily downwards. 

  • To end a romantic relationship with. 

  • To copy (data) from a system to another place or system, usually in order to archive it. 

noun
  • An act of defecation; a defecating. 

  • A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site. 

  • An act of dumping, or its result. 

  • That which is dumped, especially in a chaotic way; a mess. 

  • An unpleasant, dirty, disreputable, unfashionable, boring, or depressing looking place. 

  • Absence of mind; reverie. 

  • A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. 

  • A pile of ore or rock. 

  • A temporary display case that holds many copies of an item being sold. 

  • A deep hole in a river bed; a pool. 

  • A small coin made by punching a hole in a larger coin (called a holey dollar). 

  • A sad, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; despondency. 

  • A storage place for supplies, especially military. 

  • A formatted listing of the contents of program storage, especially when produced automatically by a failing program. 

trash

verb
  • To discard. 

  • To disrespect someone or something 

  • To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop. 

  • To make into a mess. 

  • To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. 

  • To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. 

  • To beat soundly in a game. 

noun
  • A container into which things are discarded. 

  • Something worthless or of poor quality. 

  • (fandom slang, humorous, uncountable) A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks. 

  • The disused stems, leaves, or vines of a crop, as well as any weeds mixed therewith, which will either be plowed in as green manure or be removed by raking, grazing, or burning. 

  • A dubious assertion, either for appearing untrue or for being excessively boastful. 

  • Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. 

  • (slang, derogatory) People of low social status or class. (See, for example, white trash or Eurotrash.) 

  • Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary. 

  • Loose-leaf tobacco of a low grade, with much less commercial value than the principal grades. 

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