Discard vs. Deny — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Discard and Deny
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Discard
To throw away; reject.
Deny
To declare untrue; assert to be false
"A senior officer denied that any sensitive documents had been stored there" (Scott Ritter).
Discard
To throw out (a playing card) from one's hand.
Deny
To refuse to believe; reject
Deny the existence of evil spirits.
Discard
To play (a card other than a trump) from a suit different from that of the card led.
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Deny
To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow
The official denied any wrongdoing.
Discard
To discard a playing card.
Deny
To decline to grant or allow; refuse
Deny the student's request.
Denied the prisoner food or water.
Discard
The act of discarding in a card game.
Deny
To give a refusal to; turn down or away
The protesters were determined not to be denied.
Discard
A discarded playing card.
Deny
To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
Discard
One that is discarded or rejected.
Deny
(transitive) To disallow or reject.
I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
Discard
(transitive) To throw away, to reject.
Deny
(transitive) To assert that something is not true.
I deny that I was at the party.
Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.
Discard
To make a discard; to throw out a card.
Deny
(ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
My father denied me a good education.
Discard
To dismiss from employment, confidence, or favour; to discharge.
Deny
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
Discard
Anything discarded.
Deny
To prevent from scoring.
Discard
A discarded playing card in a card game.
Deny
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
Discard
(programming) A temporary variable used to receive a value of no importance and unable to be read later.
Deny
(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).
Discard
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Deny
To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; - opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
Discard
To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).
Deny
To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
Discard
To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away.
They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them.
Deny
To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
Discard
To put or thrust away; to reject.
A man discards the follies of boyhood.
Deny
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
The falsehood of denying his opinion.
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved.
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.
Discard
To make a discard.
Deny
To answer in negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
Discard
The act of discarding; also, the card or cards discarded.
Deny
Declare untrue; contradict;
He denied the allegations
She denied that she had taken money
Discard
Anything that is cast aside or discarded
Deny
Refuse to accept or believe;
He denied his fatal illness
Discard
(cards) the act of throwing out a useless card or to failing to follow suit
Deny
Refuse to grant, as of a petition or request;
The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses
The prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day
Discard
Getting rid something that is regarded as useless or undesirable
Deny
Refuse to let have;
She denies me every pleasure
He denies her her weekly allowance
Discard
Throw or cast away;
Put away your worries
Deny
Deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure;
She denied herself wine and spirits
Deny
Deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Deny
Refuse to recognize or acknowledge;
Peter denied Jesus
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