different between jetsam vs jettison

English

Etymology

From Middle English jetteson, from Anglo-Norman getteson. Doublet of jettison

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d???ts?m/
• Hyphenation: jet?sam

Noun

jetsam (countable and uncountable, plural jetsams)

1. articles thrown overboard from a ship or boat in order to lighten the load of a ship in distress

   There she was, floating amongst the jetsam, like so much debris.

2. (by extension) discarded odds and ends

   They were the jetsam of the dot-com bust.

Derived terms

• flotsam and jetsam

Translations

See also

• jetsam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• flotsam
• flotsam and jetsam
• lagan
• derelict
• salvage

Anagrams

• matjes

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman getteson, from Old French getaison, from geter, jeter (modern French: would be *jetaison like pendaison); possibly from a Vulgar Latin *iect?ti?, from *iect?tus < iect?re, from Latin iact?. Doublet of jetsam.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?d????s?n/, /?d??t?s?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??t?sn?/, /-zn?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d????sn?/, /-zn?/

Noun

jettison (plural jettisons)

1. (uncountable, collective) Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon.

   Synonym: jetsam ballast

2. (countable) The action of jettisoning items.

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Verb

jettison (third-person singular simple present jettisons, present participle jettisoning, simple past and past participle jettisoned)

1. To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load.

2. (figuratively) To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective.

   Synonyms: discard, chuck, ditch, dump, junk, lose; see also Thesaurus:junk

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Further reading

• jettison on Wikipedia.Wikipedia