Junk vs. Stuff
Difference Between Junk and Stuff
Junknoun
Discarded or waste material; rubbish, trash.
Stuffnoun
(informal) Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.Junknoun
A collection of miscellaneous items of little value.
Stuffnoun
(informal) Unspecified things or matters; trivial details.
I had to do some stuff.Junknoun
(slang) Any narcotic drug, especially heroin.
Stuffnoun
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
Junknoun
(slang) The clothed genitalia.
Stuffnoun
(archaic) A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric.
Junknoun
(nautical) Salt beef.
Stuffnoun
Abstract substance or character.
Junknoun
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.
Stuffnoun
(informal) Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?Junknoun
(dated) A fragment of any solid substance; a thick piece; a chunk.
Stuffnoun
(slang) Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
Junknoun
(attributive) Material or resources of a kind lacking commercial value.
junk fish; junk treesStuffnoun
Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils.
Junknoun
(nautical) A Chinese sailing vessel.
Stuffnoun
(obsolete) A medicine or mixture; a potion.
Junkverb
(transitive) To throw away.
Stuffnoun
(obsolete) Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language; nonsense; trash.
Junkverb
(transitive) To find something for very little money (meaning derived from the term junk shop)
(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."Stuffnoun
(nautical) A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
Junknoun
the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
Stuffnoun
Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
Junknoun
any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails
Stuffverb
(transitive) To fill by crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret stuffing recipe.Junkverb
dispose of (something useless or old);
trash these old chairsjunk an old carscrap your old computerStuffverb
(transitive) To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.Stuffverb
(transitive) To load goods into (a container) for transport.
Stuffverb
To sate.
I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.Stuffverb
To break. en
Stuffverb
To sexually penetrate. en
Stuffverb
See also stuff it.
Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.Stuffverb
(transitive) To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.Stuffverb
To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
Stuffverb
(transitive) To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
Stuffverb
To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies.
Stuffverb
To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
Stuffverb
(pronominal) To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
Stuffinterjection
(slang) A filler term used to dismiss explanation.
Why are you so sad, Joseph? – Well… stuff.Stuffnoun
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object;
coal is a hard black materialwheat is the stuff they use to make breadStuffnoun
miscellaneous unspecified objects;
the trunk was full of stuffStuffnoun
informal terms for personal possessions;
did you take all your clobber?Stuffnoun
senseless talk;
don't give me that stuffStuffnoun
unspecified qualities required to do or be something;
the stuff of herosyou don't have the stuff to be a United States MarineStuffnoun
information in some unspecified form;
it was stuff I had heard beforethere's good stuff in that bookStuffnoun
a critically important or characteristic component;
suspense is the very stuff of narrativeStuffverb
fill completely;
The child stuffed his pockets with candyStuffverb
press or force;
Stuff money into an envelopeShe thrust the letter into his handStuffverb
obstruct;
My nose is all stuffedHer arteries are blockedStuffverb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;
She stuffed herself at the dinnerThe kids binged on icecreamStuffverb
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting;
stuff a bearskinStuffverb
fill tightly with a material;
stuff a pillow with feathersThe old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermistStuffverb
fill with a stuffing while cooking;
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
