Discard
Discard refers to the act results in sending a card to the Graveyard, either as a cost or by an effect (that use this term), or due to to hand Size Limit during the End Phase.
A card being discarded does not necessarily go to the Graveyard. Although this is normally the case, cards like "Macro Cosmos" will send the cards to the Banished Zone instead; however, the card is still considered as being discarded.