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despoilment vs pillaging

pillaging vs despoilment

despoilment and pillaging both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
despoilment Yes No No No
pillaging Yes No No No
As nouns, pillaging is a hypernym of despoilment; that is, pillaging is a word with a broader meaning than despoilment:
  • despoilment: the act of stripping and taking by force
  • pillaging: the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Other hypernyms of despoilment include pillage, plundering.
despoilment (noun) pillaging (noun)
the act of stripping and taking by force the act of stealing valuable things from a place
Difference between despoilment and pillaging

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