The difference between Throw and Toss

When used as nouns, throw means the flight of a thrown object, whereas toss means a throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

When used as verbs, throw means to twist or turn, whereas toss means to throw with an initial upward direction.

check bellow for the other definitions of Throw and Toss

  1. Throw as a verb (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England):

    To twist or turn.

    Examples:

    "A thrown nail. "

  2. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To hurl; to cause an object to move rapidly through the air.

    Examples:

    "'throw a shoe; throw a javelin; the horse threw its rider"

  3. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To eject or cause to fall off.

  4. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To move to another position or condition; to displace.

    Examples:

    "'throw the switch"

  5. Throw as a verb (ceramics):

    To make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel.

  6. Throw as a verb (transitive, cricket):

    Of a bowler, to deliver (the ball) illegally by straightening the bowling arm during delivery.

  7. Throw as a verb (transitive, computing):

    To send (an error) to an exception-handling mechanism in order to interrupt normal processing.

    Examples:

    "If the file is read-only, the method throws an invalid operation exception."

  8. Throw as a verb (sports):

    To intentionally lose a game.

    Examples:

    "The tennis player was accused of taking bribes to throw the match."

  9. Throw as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To confuse or mislead.

    Examples:

    "The deliberate red herring threw me at first."

  10. Throw as a verb (figuratively):

    To send desperately.

    Examples:

    "Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle."

  11. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To imprison.

    Examples:

    "The magistrate ordered the suspect to be thrown into jail."

  12. Throw as a verb:

    To organize an event, especially a party.

  13. Throw as a verb:

    To roll (a die or dice).

  14. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To cause a certain number on the die or dice to be shown after rolling it.

  15. Throw as a verb (transitive, bridge):

    To discard.

  16. Throw as a verb (martial arts):

    To lift the opponent off the ground and bring him back down, especially into a position behind the thrower.

  17. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of one's voice):

    To change in order to give the illusion that the voice is that of someone else.

  18. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To show sudden emotion, especially anger.

  19. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To project or send forth.

  20. Throw as a verb:

    To put on hastily; to spread carelessly.

  21. Throw as a verb:

    To twist two or more filaments of (silk, etc.) so as to form one thread; to twist together, as singles, in a direction contrary to the twist of the singles themselves; sometimes applied to the whole class of operations by which silk is prepared for the weaver.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tomlinson"

  22. Throw as a verb (baseball, slang, of a team, a manager, etc.):

    To select (a pitcher); to assign a pitcher to a given role (such as starter or reliever).

  23. Throw as a verb (transitive):

    To install a bridge.

  1. Throw as a noun:

    The flight of a thrown object

    Examples:

    "What a great throw by the quarterback!"

  2. Throw as a noun:

    The act of throwing something.

    Examples:

    "With an accurate throw, he lassoed the cow."

  3. Throw as a noun:

    One's ability to throw

    Examples:

    "He's got a girl's throw."

    "He's always had a pretty decent throw."

  4. Throw as a noun:

    A distance travelled; displacement; as, the throw of the piston.

  5. Throw as a noun:

    A piece of fabric used to cover a bed, sofa or other soft furnishing.

  6. Throw as a noun:

    A single instance, occurrence, venture, or chance.

    Examples:

    "Football tickets are expensive at fifty bucks a throw."

  1. Throw as a noun:

    Pain, especially pain associated with childbirth; throe.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Spenser"

    "rfquotek Dryden"

  2. Throw as a noun (veterinary):

    The act of giving birth in animals, especially in cows.

  1. Throw as a verb (transitive, said of animals):

    To give birth to.

  1. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A moment, time, occasion.

  2. Throw as a noun (obsolete):

    A period of time; a while.

  1. Throw as a noun:

  1. Toss as a noun:

    A throw, a lob, of a ball etc., with an initial upward direction, particularly with a lack of care.

  2. Toss as a noun (cricket, football):

    The toss of a coin before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.

  3. Toss as a noun:

    A haughty throwing up of the head.

  4. Toss as a noun (British slang):

    A jot, in the phrase 'give a toss'.

    Examples:

    "I couldn't give a toss about her."

  5. Toss as a noun (British slang):

    A state of agitation; commotion.

  6. Toss as a noun ([[w:Billingsgate Fish Market, Billingsgate Fish Market]], _, slang):

    A measure of sprats.

  1. Toss as a verb:

    To throw with an initial upward direction.

    Examples:

    "Toss it over here!"

  2. Toss as a verb:

    To lift with a sudden or violent motion.

    Examples:

    "to toss the head"

  3. Toss as a verb:

    To agitate; to make restless.

  4. Toss as a verb:

    To subject to trials; to harass.

  5. Toss as a verb:

    To flip a coin, to decide a point of contention.

    Examples:

    "I'll toss you for it."

  6. Toss as a verb (informal):

    To discard: to toss out

    Examples:

    "I don't need it any more; you can just toss it."

  7. Toss as a verb:

    To stir or mix (a salad).

    Examples:

    "to toss a salad; a tossed salad."

  8. Toss as a verb (British slang):

    To masturbate

  9. Toss as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To search (a room or a cell), sometimes leaving visible disorder, as for valuables or evidence of a crime.

    Examples:

    "Someone tossed just his living room and bedroom." / "They probably found what they were looking for."

  10. Toss as a verb (intransitive):

    To roll and tumble; to be in violent commotion.

    Examples:

    "tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep"

  11. Toss as a verb (intransitive):

    To be tossed, as a fleet on the ocean, or as a ship in heavy seas.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  12. Toss as a verb (obsolete):

    To keep in play; to tumble over.

    Examples:

    "to spend four years in tossing the rules of grammar"

    "rfquotek Ascham"

  13. Toss as a verb (rowing):

    To peak (the oars), to lift them from the rowlocks and hold them perpendicularly, the handle resting on the bottom of the boat.

  14. Toss as a verb (British slang):

    To drink in large draughts; to gulp.

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