decimation vs destruction

decimation and destruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
decimation	Yes	No	No	No
destruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, destruction is a hypernym of decimation; that is, destruction is a word with a broader meaning than decimation:

decimation: destroying or killing a large part of the population
destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Other hypernyms of decimation include devastation.

decimation (noun)	destruction (noun)
destroying or killing a large part of the population	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
	an event that completely destroys something
	a final state