The difference between Ditch and Jettison

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

When used as verbs, ditch means to discard or abandon, 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 Ditch and Jettison

  1. Ditch as a noun:

    A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage.

    Examples:

    "Digging ditches has long been considered one of the most demanding forms of manual labor."

  1. Ditch as a verb (transitive):

    To discard or abandon.

    Examples:

    "Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire."

  2. Ditch as a verb (intransitive):

    To deliberately crash-land an airplane on water.

    Examples:

    "When the second engine failed, the pilot was forced to ditch; their last location was just south of the Azores."

  3. Ditch as a verb (intransitive):

    To deliberately not attend classes; to play hookey.

    Examples:

    "The truant officer caught Louise ditching with her friends, and her parents were forced to pay a fine."

  4. Ditch as a verb (intransitive):

    To dig ditches.

    Examples:

    "Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching."

  5. Ditch as a verb (transitive):

    To dig ditches around.

    Examples:

    "The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding."

  6. Ditch as a verb (transitive):

    To throw into a ditch.

    Examples:

    "The engine was ditched and turned on its side."

  1. Ditch as a verb:

  1. Ditch as a noun:

  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.