Difference between litter and wastepaper

Definitions

verb

1. strew
2. give birth to a litter of animals
3. make a place messy by strewing garbage around

noun

1. rubbish carelessly dropped or left about (especially in public places)
2. conveyance consisting of a chair or bed carried on two poles by bearers
3. material used to provide a bed for animals
4. the offspring at one birth of a multiparous mammal

Examples

In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight.

Still there was no snow, but there was frost glittering on the ground.

The nearby street was littered with shattered vehicles, pieces of glass, bricks, mangled steel and scraps of clothing.

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