The difference between Jettison and Scrap

When used as nouns, jettison means collectively, items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon, whereas scrap means a (small) piece.

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 scrap means to discard.


check bellow for the other definitions of Jettison and Scrap

  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. 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