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
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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."
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Ditch as a verb (transitive):
To discard or abandon.
Examples:
"Once the sun came out we ditched our rain-gear and started a campfire."
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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."
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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."
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Ditch as a verb (intransitive):
To dig ditches.
Examples:
"Enclosure led to fuller winter employment in hedging and ditching."
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Ditch as a verb (transitive):
To dig ditches around.
Examples:
"The soldiers ditched the tent to prevent flooding."
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Ditch as a verb (transitive):
To throw into a ditch.
Examples:
"The engine was ditched and turned on its side."
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Ditch as a verb:
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Ditch as a noun:
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Jettison as a noun (uncountable):
Collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.
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Jettison as a noun (countable):
The action of jettisoning items.
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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''."
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Jettison as a verb:
To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective; discard.