Rubbish vs. Garbage: What's the Difference?
Rubbish and Garbage Definitions
Rubbish
Refuse; garbage.
Garbage
Food wastes, as from a kitchen.
Rubbish
Worthless material.
Garbage
Refuse; trash.
Rubbish
Foolish discourse; nonsense.
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Garbage
A place or receptacle where rubbish is discarded
Tossed the apple core into the garbage.
Rubbish
Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
The rubbish is collected every Thursday in Gloucester, but on Wednesdays in Cheltenham.
Garbage
Worthless or nonsensical matter; rubbish
Their advice turned out to be nothing but garbage.
Rubbish
An item, or items, of low quality.
Much of what they sell is rubbish.
Garbage
Inferior or offensive literary or artistic material.
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Rubbish
Nonsense.
Everything the teacher said during that lesson was rubbish. How can she possibly think that a bass viol and a cello are the same thing?
Garbage
Food waste material of any kind.
Rubbish
(archaic) Debris or ruins of buildings.
Garbage
Useless or disposable material; waste material of any kind.
The garbage truck collects all residential municipal waste.
Rubbish
Exceedingly bad; awful.
This has been a rubbish day, and it’s about to get worse: my mother-in-law is coming to stay.
Garbage
A place or receptacle for waste material.
He threw the newspaper into the garbage.
Rubbish
Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible.
The one day I actually practice my violin, the teacher cancels the lesson.
Aw, rubbish! Though at least this means you have time to play football.
Aw, rubbish! Though at least this means you have time to play football.
Garbage
Nonsense; gibberish.
This machine translation is garbage
Rubbish
Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense!
Rubbish! I did nothing of the sort!
Garbage
Something or someone worthless.
Rubbish
To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.
Garbage
(obsolete) The bowels of an animal; refuse parts of flesh; offal.
Rubbish
To litter.
Garbage
An easy shot.
Rubbish
Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; débris.
What rubbish and what offal!
He saw the town's one half in rubbish lie.
Garbage
To eviscerate
Rubbish
Of or pertaining to rubbish; of the quality of rubbish; trashy.
Garbage
(informal) bad, crap, shitty
Rubbish
Worthless material that is to be disposed of
Garbage
Offal, as the bowels of an animal or fish; refuse animal or vegetable matter from a kitchen; hence, anything worthless, disgusting, or loathsome.
Rubbish
Nonsensical talk or writing
Garbage
To strip of the bowels; to clean.
Rubbish
Attack strongly
Garbage
Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Garbage
A worthless message
Garbage
A receptacle where garbage is discarded;
She tossed the moldy bread into the garbage
