Main Difference
The main difference between Waste and Wastage is that the Waste is a unwanted or unusable material and Wastage is a redirect page
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.
Waste (noun)
Excess of material, useless by-products or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
Waste (noun)
Excrement or urine.
“The cage was littered with animal waste”
Waste (noun)
A waste land; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
Waste (noun)
A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
Waste (noun)
A large tract of uncultivated land.
Waste (noun)
The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
Waste (noun)
A vast expanse of water.
Waste (noun)
A disused mine or part of one.
Waste (noun)
The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
“That was a waste of time”
“Her life seemed a waste”
Waste (noun)
Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
Waste (noun)
Gradual loss or decay.
Waste (noun)
A decaying of the body by disease; wasting away.
Waste (noun)
Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; See “to lay waste”
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.
Waste (noun)
Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
Waste (adjective)
Uncultivated, uninhabited.
Waste (adjective)
Barren; desert.
Waste (adjective)
Rejected as being defective; eliminated as being worthless; produced in excess.
Waste (adjective)
Superfluous; needless.
Waste (adjective)
Dismal; gloomy; cheerless.
Waste (adjective)
Unfortunate; disappointing. en
Waste (verb)
to devastate, destroy
Waste (verb)
To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
“We wasted millions of dollars and several years on that project.”
Waste (verb)
To kill; to murder.
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.
Waste (verb)
Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
Waste (verb)
To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
Waste (verb)
To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
Wastage (noun)
The amount or proportion of something that is wasted or lost by deterioration or other natural process.
“The average wastage is 1.5% in the grocery department.”
“Wastage from the reservoir by evaporation is estimated at …”
Wastage (noun)
The periodical turnover of personnel in an organisation by death, retirement or resignation, as perceived by those aspiring to promotion or appointment in the organisation.
Wastage (noun)
Anything lost by wear or waste.
Wastage (noun)
Goods that are damaged, out of date, reduced, or generally unsaleable, which are destined to be thrown away and which are written off as a loss.
Wastage (noun)
The act of abandoning animal carcasses or parts, usually illegal.
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?”
Waste (verb)
expend on an unappreciative recipient
“her small talk was wasted on this guest”
Waste (verb)
fail to make full or good use of
“we’re wasted in this job”
Waste (verb)
deliberately dispose of (surplus stock)
“20% of stock will need to be wasted”
Waste (verb)
(of a person or a part of the body) become progressively weaker and more emaciated
“she was visibly wasting away”
Waste (verb)
make progressively weaker and more emaciated
“these symptoms wasted the patients very much”
Waste (verb)
devastate or ruin (a place)
“he seized their cattle and wasted their country”
Waste (verb)
kill or severely injure (someone)
“I saw them waste the guy I worked for”
Waste (verb)
(of time) pass away
“the years were wasting”
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”
Waste (adjective)
(of an area of land, typically an urban one) not used, cultivated, or built on
“a patch of waste ground”
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”
Waste (noun)
the gradual loss or diminution of something
“he was pale and weak from waste of blood”
Waste (noun)
unwanted or unusable material, substances, or by-products
“nuclear waste”
“hazardous industrial wastes”
Waste (noun)
a large area of barren, typically uninhabited land
“the icy wastes of the Antarctic”
Waste (noun)
damage to an estate caused by an act or by neglect, especially by a life tenant.