Difference between Toss and Chuck

What is the difference between Toss and Chuck?

Toss as a noun is a throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction (often implying a lack of care.) while Chuck as a noun is meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.

Toss

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction (often implying a lack of care.) The toss of a coin before a cricket, football etc. match

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To throw with an initial upward direction. To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention. To discard: to toss out To stir or mix (a salad). To masturbate To search.

Example sentence: I would never want Ukraine to be a piece on the map, on the chessboard of big global players, so that someone could toss us around, use us as cover, as part of some bargain.

Chuck

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To throw, esp. in a careless or inaccurate manner.To discard, to throw away.To vomit.To throw the ball rather than bowl it.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.In general, a mechanical device to hold something, such as a drill bit, firmly in place, as in a high-speed rotating machine such as a drill or grinder.An act of vomiting.A gentle touch.Friend or close acquaintance.

Example sentence: When I was wee, in the middle of the summer, the big field behind the shops would be filled with dry grass and I'd get a box of matches. You chuck one match on that and the whole thing goes up in flames. Twitter's a bit like that. You can just say one thing and it explodes from there.

We hope you now know whether to use Toss or Chuck in your sentence.

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