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Disposed vs Discarded - What's the difference?

disposed | discarded |

As verbs the difference between disposed and discarded

is that disposed is past tense of dispose while discarded is past tense of discard.

As an adjective disposed

is inclined; minded.

disposed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dispose)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined; minded.
  • *(Bible), (w) xviii.27:
  • *:when he was disposed to pass into Achaia
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • (lb) Inclined to mirth; jolly.
  • :(Beaumont and Fletcher)

    • discarded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (discard)

    • discard

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to throw away, to reject.
  • * I. Taylor
    • A man discards the follies of boyhood.
  • (card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
  • To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • They blame the favourites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should resolve to discard them.

    Synonyms

    * cast away * dismiss * dispose * eliminate * get rid of * throw away * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything discarded.
  • A discarded playing card in a card game.

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