The difference between Litter and Trash

When used as nouns, litter means a platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol, whereas trash means useless things to be discarded.

When used as verbs, litter means to drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles), whereas trash means to discard.


check bellow for the other definitions of Litter and Trash

  1. Litter as a noun (countable):

    A platform mounted on two shafts, or a more elaborate construction, designed to be carried by two (or more) people to transport one (in luxury models sometimes more) third person(s) or (occasionally in the elaborate version) a cargo, such as a religious idol.

  2. Litter as a noun (collective, countable):

    The offspring of a mammal born in one birth.

  3. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Material used as bedding for animals.

  4. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Collectively, items discarded on the ground.

  5. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Absorbent material used in an animal's litter tray

  6. Litter as a noun (uncountable):

    Layer of fallen leaves and similar organic matter in a forest floor.

  7. Litter as a noun:

    A covering of straw for plants.

  1. Litter as a verb (intransitive):

    To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles).

  2. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To scatter carelessly about.

  3. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To strew (a place) with scattered articles.

  4. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To give birth to, used of animals.

  5. Litter as a verb (intransitive):

    To produce a litter of young.

  6. Litter as a verb (transitive):

    To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall.

  7. Litter as a verb (intransitive):

    To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

  1. Trash as a noun (chiefly, US):

    Useless things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.

  2. Trash as a noun:

    A container into which things are discarded.

  3. Trash as a noun:

    Something worthless or of poor quality.

  4. Trash as a noun (slang, derogatory):

    People of low social status or class.

  5. Trash as a noun (fandom, humorous, uncountable):

    A fan who is excessively obsessed with their fandom and its fanworks.

    Examples:

    "I am Harry Potter trash."

  6. Trash as a noun (computing):

    Temporary storage on disk for files that the user has deleted, allowing them to be recovered if necessary.

  7. Trash as a noun:

    A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.

    Examples:

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  1. Trash as a verb (US):

    To discard.

  2. Trash as a verb (US):

    To make into a mess.

    Examples:

    "The burglars trashed the house."

  3. Trash as a verb (US):

    To beat soundly in a game.

  4. Trash as a verb (US):

    To disrespect someone or something

  5. Trash as a verb:

    To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop.

    Examples:

    "to trash the rattoons of sugar cane"

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  6. Trash as a verb:

    To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.

  7. Trash as a verb:

    To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Beaumont and Fletcher"