The difference between Discard and Jettison

When used as nouns, discard means anything discarded, whereas jettison means collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

When used as verbs, discard means to throw away, to reject, whereas jettison means to eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.


check bellow for the other definitions of Discard and Jettison

  1. Discard as a verb (transitive):

    to throw away, to reject.

  2. Discard as a verb (intransitive, card games):

    To make a discard; to throw out a card.

  3. Discard as a verb:

    To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

  1. Discard as a noun:

    Anything discarded.

  2. Discard as a noun:

    A discarded playing card in a card game.

  3. Discard as a noun (programming):

    A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.

  1. Jettison as a noun (uncountable):

    Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

  2. Jettison as a noun (countable):

    The action of jettisoning items.

  1. Jettison as a verb:

    To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

    Examples:

    "The ballooners had to jettison all of their sand bags to make it over the final hill."

    "The jettisoning of fuel tanks''."

  2. Jettison as a verb:

    To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.