refuse vs waste

Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage. 

To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission. 

To melt again. 

To decline (a request or demand). 

To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy. 

Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish. 

A place that has been laid waste or destroyed. 

A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect. 

Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste". 

A disused mine or part of one. 

Excrement or urine. 

Gradual loss or decay. 

Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea. 

The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land. 

The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use. 

A vast expanse of water. 

A large tract of uncultivated land. 

A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert. 

Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used. 

A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away. 

To devastate; to destroy. 

To kill; to murder. 

To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail. 

To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly. 

To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out. 

To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually. 

To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.