The difference between Bin and Discard
When used as nouns, bin means a box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container, whereas discard means anything discarded.
When used as verbs, bin means to dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin, whereas discard means to throw away, to reject.
Bin is also contraction with the meaning: contraction of being.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bin and Discard
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Bin as a noun:
A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.
Examples:
"a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin'"
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Bin as a noun:
A container for rubbish or waste.
Examples:
"a rubbish bin; a wastepaper bin; an ashes bin'"
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Bin as a noun (statistics):
Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc
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Bin as a verb (chiefly, British, informal):
To dispose of (something) by putting it into a bin, or as if putting it into a bin.
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Bin as a verb (British, informal):
To throw away, reject, give up.
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Bin as a verb (statistics):
To convert continuous data into discrete groups.
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Bin as a verb (transitive):
To place into a bin for storage.
Examples:
"to bin wine"
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Bin as a noun (in Arabic names):
son of; equivalent to Hebrew .
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Bin as a verb (obsolete, dialectal, and, text messaging):
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Bin as a noun (computing, informal):
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Discard as a verb (transitive):
to throw away, to reject.
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Discard as a verb (intransitive, card games):
To make a discard; to throw out a card.
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Discard as a verb:
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
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Discard as a noun:
Anything discarded.
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Discard as a noun:
A discarded playing card in a card game.
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Discard as a noun (programming):
A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.