different between hogwash vs draff

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog +? wash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??w??/

Noun

hogwash (usually uncountable, plural hogwashes)

1. (informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

   Synonyms: nonsense; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
2. (literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. [from mid 15th c.]

   Synonyms: slop, slops, swill

Related terms

• pigwash
• pigswill from swill
• See Derived terms of wash

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English draf, likely from an unrecorded Old English *dræf, from Proto-Germanic *drabaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?æf/, /d???f/

Noun

draff (usually uncountable, plural draffs)

1. A byproduct from a grain distillery, often fed to pigs or cattle as part of their ration; often synonymous with brewer's spent grain, sometimes differentiated from it; usually differentiated from potale, at least in technical use, although broad, nontechnical use has often lumped all such byproducts together, especially in the past.

   Synonyms: dregs, hogwash

   Coordinate term: potale

   • c. 1805-1814, Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary (translator), The Divine Comedy Canto 18

     A crowd immersed in ordure, that appear'd draff of the human body.

Derived terms

• draffy

Translations

References

• Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition