Main Difference
The main difference between Waste and Waist is that the Waste is a unwanted or unusable material and Waist is a body part.
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Waste
Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use.
Examples include municipal solid waste (household trash/refuse), hazardous waste, wastewater (such as sewage, which contains bodily wastes (feces and urine) and surface runoff), radioactive waste, and others.
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Waist
The waist is the part of the abdomen between the rib cage and hips. On people with slim bodies, the waist is the narrowest part of the torso.
The waistline refers to the horizontal line where the waist is narrowest, or to the general appearance of the waist.
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Waste (noun)
Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
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Waste (noun)
Excrement or urine.
“The cage was littered with animal waste”
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Waste (noun)
A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
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Waste (noun)
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
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Waste (noun)
A large tract of uncultivated land.
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Waste (noun)
The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
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Waste (noun)
A vast expanse of water.
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Waste (noun)
A disused mine or part of one.
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Waste (noun)
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
“That was a waste of time”
“Her life seemed a waste”
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Waste (noun)
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
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Waste (noun)
Gradual loss or decay.
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Waste (noun)
A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
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Waste (noun)
Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See “to lay waste”
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Waste (noun)
A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
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Waste (noun)
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
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Waste (adjective)
Uncultivated, uninhabited.
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Waste (adjective)
Barren; desert.
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Waste (adjective)
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
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Waste (adjective)
Superfluous; needless.
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Waste (adjective)
Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
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Waste (adjective)
Unfortunate; disappointing. en
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Waste (verb)
to devastate, destroy
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Waste (verb)
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
“We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.”
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Waste (verb)
To kill; to murder.
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Waste (verb)
To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
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Waste (verb)
Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
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Waste (verb)
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
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Waste (verb)
To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
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Waist (noun)
The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach.
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Waist (noun)
A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist.
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Waist (noun)
The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps).
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Waist (noun)
The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft.
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Waist (noun)
That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle.
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Waist (noun)
The middle part of anything.
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Waste (verb)
use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
“we can’t afford to waste electricity”
“I don’t use the car, so why should I waste precious money on it?”
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Waste (verb)
expend on an unappreciative recipient
“her small talk was wasted on this guest”
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Waste (verb)
fail to make full or good use of
“we’re wasted in this job”
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Waste (verb)
deliberately dispose of (surplus stock)
“20% of stock will need to be wasted”
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Waste (verb)
(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated
“she was visibly wasting away”
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Waste (verb)
make progressively weaker and more emaciated
“these symptoms wasted the patients very much”
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Waste (verb)
devastate or ruin (a place)
“he seized their cattle and wasted their country”
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Waste (verb)
kill or severely injure (someone)
“I saw them waste the guy I worked for”
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Waste (verb)
(of time) pass away
“the years were wasting”
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Waste (adjective)
(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process
“ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly”
“plants produce oxygen as a waste product”
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Waste (adjective)
(of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on
“a patch of waste ground”
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Waste (noun)
an act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose
“it’s a waste of time trying to argue with him”
“they had learned to avoid waste”
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Waste (noun)
the gradual loss or diminution of something
“he was pale and weak from waste of blood”
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Waste (noun)
unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products
“nuclear waste”
“hazardous industrial wastes”
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Waste (noun)
a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
“the icy wastes of the Antarctic”
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Waste (noun)
damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.
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Waist (noun)
the part of the human body below the ribs and above the hips, often narrower than the areas above and below
“the last time you had a waist was around 1978”
“he put an arm around her waist”
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Waist (noun)
the circumference of a person’s waist
“her waist has reduced from 35 to 28 inches”
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Waist (noun)
the part of a garment around or covering the waist
“trousers with an elasticated waist”
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Waist (noun)
the point at which a garment is shaped so as to narrow between the ribcage and the hips
“a jacket with a high waist”
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Waist (noun)
a narrow part in the middle of something, such as a violin or hourglass.
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Waist (noun)
the middle part of a ship, between the forecastle and the quarterdeck.
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Waist (noun)
a blouse or bodice.