The difference between Bin and Scrap

When used as nouns, bin means a box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container, whereas scrap means a (small) piece.

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 scrap means to discard.


Bin is also contraction with the meaning: contraction of being.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bin and Scrap

  1. 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'"

  2. Bin as a noun:

    A container for rubbish or waste.

    Examples:

    "a rubbish bin; a wastepaper bin; an ashes bin'"

  3. Bin as a noun (statistics):

    Any of the discrete intervals in a histogram, etc

  1. 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.

  2. Bin as a verb (British, informal):

    To throw away, reject, give up.

  3. Bin as a verb (statistics):

    To convert continuous data into discrete groups.

  4. Bin as a verb (transitive):

    To place into a bin for storage.

    Examples:

    "to bin wine"

  1. Bin as a noun (in Arabic names):

    son of; equivalent to Hebrew .

  1. Bin as a verb (obsolete, dialectal, and, text messaging):

  1. Bin as a noun (computing, informal):

  1. Scrap as a noun:

    A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

    Examples:

    "I found a scrap of cloth to patch the hole."

  2. Scrap as a noun (usually, in the plural):

    Leftover food.

    Examples:

    "Give the scraps to the dogs and watch them fight."

  3. Scrap as a noun:

    The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.

    Examples:

    "pork scraps"

  4. Scrap as a noun (uncountable):

    Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.

    Examples:

    "That car isn't good for anything but scrap."

  5. Scrap as a noun (ethnic slur, offensive):

    A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated with the Norte gang.

  1. Scrap as a verb (transitive):

    To discard.

  2. Scrap as a verb (transitive, of a project or plan):

    To stop working on indefinitely.

  3. Scrap as a verb (intransitive):

    To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.

  4. Scrap as a verb (transitive):

    To dispose of at a scrapyard.

  5. Scrap as a verb (transitive):

    To make into scrap.

  1. Scrap as a noun:

    A fight, tussle, skirmish.

    Examples:

    "We got in a little scrap over who should pay the bill."

  1. Scrap as a verb:

    to fight