Difference between Scrap and Trash

What is the difference between Scrap and Trash?

Scrap as a noun is a (small) leftover piece. while Trash as a noun is useless things to be discarded

Scrap

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A (small) leftover piece. (usually plural) leftover food. Discarded material (especially metal), junk. A fight, tussle, skirmish.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to discard to scrapbook; to create scrapbooks to dispose at the scrapyard to make into scrap to fight

Example sentence: It bothers me when I hear it in a car commercial or some such. But for the most part, it's better than seeing sacred music relegated to the scrap heap.

Trash

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Useless things to be discardedA container into which things are discardedSomething of poor qualityLower class people (as in white trash)Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To discard.To make into a mess.To beat soundly in a game.To disrespect someone or something

Example sentence: I know a man who doesn't pay to have his trash taken out. How does he get rid of his trash? He gift wraps it, and puts in into an unlocked car.

We hope you now know whether to use Scrap or Trash in your sentence.

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