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destroy vs shipwreck

shipwreck vs destroy

destroy is not a noun while shipwreck is a noun.

destroy and shipwreck both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
destroy No No Yes No
shipwreck Yes No Yes No
As verbs, shipwreck is a hyponym of destroy; that is, shipwreck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than destroy:
  • destroy: destroy completely; damage irreparably
  • shipwreck: destroy a ship
Other hyponyms of destroy include burn, burn down, fire, desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste, harry, ravage, break, break, bust, vandalise, vandalize, do a job on, subvert, get, devour, despoil, plunder, rape, spoil, violate, explode, consume, bust up, wrack, wreck, kick down, kick in, wash out.
destroy (noun) shipwreck (noun)
a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
an accident that destroys a ship at sea
an irretrievable loss
destroy (verb) shipwreck (verb)
defeat soundly and humiliatingly destroy a ship
destroy completely; damage irreparably cause to experience shipwreck
put (an animal) to death ruin utterly
do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of suffer failure, as in some enterprise
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