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blight vs devastation

devastation vs blight

blight and devastation both are nouns.

blight is a verb but devastation is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blight Yes No Yes No
devastation Yes No No No
As nouns, devastation is a hypernym of blight; that is, devastation is a word with a broader meaning than blight:
  • blight: a state or condition being blighted
  • devastation: the state of being decayed or destroyed
Other hypernyms of blight include desolation.
blight (noun) devastation (noun)
a state or condition being blighted the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting plundering with excessive damage and destruction
an event that results in total destruction
the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
the state of being decayed or destroyed
blight (verb) devastation (verb)
cause to suffer a blight
Difference between blight and devastation

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