difference between "to cast" and "to throw"

[Ilonaa]

Hi!
What is the difference between "to cast" and "to throw"? In which context do we use them?
Thank you!

[Mister Micawber]

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'Throw' is the usual word. 'Cast' is older, and restricted to certain situations and formations-- 'cast the first stone', 'cast a fishing line' or 'net', 'cast aspersions', etc.
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Canadian-American native speaker
who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
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