The difference between Jettison and Junk

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

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Jettison and Junk

  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.

  1. Junk as a noun:

    Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.

  2. Junk as a noun:

    A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.

  3. Junk as a noun (slang):

    Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.

  4. Junk as a noun (slang):

    The clothed genitalia.

  5. Junk as a noun (nautical):

    Salt beef.

  6. Junk as a noun:

    Pieces of old cable or cordage, used for making gaskets, mats, swabs, etc., and when picked to pieces, forming oakum for filling the seams of ships.

  7. Junk as a noun (dated):

    A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.

    Examples:

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  1. Junk as a verb (transitive):

    To throw away.

  2. Junk as a verb (transitive):

    To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)

    Examples:

    "(On Facebook, a record collector wrote:) "The newest addition to my Annette Hanshaw collection, I junked this beautiful flawless E-copy within walking distance from my house."

  1. Junk as a noun (nautical):

    A Chinese sailing vessel.

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