different between derange vs discard

English

Etymology

From French déranger, from Old French desrengier (“throw into disorder”), from des- + rengier (“to put into line”), from reng (“line, row”), from a Germanic source. See rank (noun).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???e?nd?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /di??e?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?

Verb

derange (third-person singular simple present deranges, present participle deranging, simple past and past participle deranged)

1. (transitive, chiefly passive) To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
2. (transitive) To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
3. (archaic) to disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone; derail.

Translations

Anagrams

• Redange, agender, angered, en garde, enraged, grandee, grenade

English

Etymology

From dis- +? card. Compare Spanish descartar.

Pronunciation

• (verb)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /d?s?k??d/
• (noun)
  • (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
  • (US) IPA^(key): /?d?sk??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d

Verb

discard (third-person singular simple present discards, present participle discarding, simple past and past participle discarded)

1. (transitive) to throw away, to reject.
   • 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening

     A man discards the follies of boyhood.
2. (intransitive, card games) To make a discard; to throw out a card.
3. To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.

Synonyms

• (throw away): cast away, dismiss, dispose, eliminate, get rid of, throw away; See also Thesaurus:junk
• (dismiss from employment): fire, let go, sack; see also Thesaurus:lay off

Translations

Noun

discard (plural discards)

1. Anything discarded.
2. A discarded playing card in a card game.
3. (programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
   • 2017, Andrew Troelsen, Philip Japikse, Pro C# 7: With .NET and .NET Core (page 120)

     Discards can be used with out parameters, with tuples, with pattern matching (Chapters 6 and 8), or even as stand-alone variables.

Translations

Further reading

• discard in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• discard in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• ID cards