depredation vs destruction

depredation and destruction both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of depredation include demolition, wipeout.

depredation (noun)	destruction (noun)
an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
(usually plural) a destructive action	an event that completely destroys something
	a final state