Junk vs. Stuff

Junk vs. Stuff — Is There a Difference?
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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.

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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?
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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 trees

Stuffnoun

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 computer

Stuffverb

(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 bread

Stuffnoun

miscellaneous unspecified objects;

the trunk was full of stuff

Stuffnoun

informal terms for personal possessions;

did you take all your clobber?

Stuffnoun

senseless talk;

don't give me that stuff

Stuffnoun

unspecified qualities required to do or be something;

the stuff of herosyou don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine

Stuffnoun

information in some unspecified form;

it was stuff I had heard beforethere's good stuff in that book

Stuffnoun

a critically important or characteristic component;

suspense is the very stuff of narrative

Stuffverb

fill completely;

The child stuffed his pockets with candy

Stuffverb

press or force;

Stuff money into an envelopeShe thrust the letter into his hand

Stuffverb

obstruct;

My nose is all stuffedHer arteries are blocked

Stuffverb

overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself;

She stuffed herself at the dinnerThe kids binged on icecream

Stuffverb

treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting;

stuff a bearskin

Stuffverb

fill tightly with a material;

stuff a pillow with feathersThe old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist

Stuffverb

fill with a stuffing while cooking;

Have you stuffed the turkey yet?