destruction vs annihilation

destruction and annihilation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, annihilation is a hyponym of destruction; that is, annihilation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than destruction:

destruction: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
annihilation: destruction by annihilating something

Other hyponyms of destruction include disaster, kill, laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, wrecking, demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down, obliteration, decimation, self-destruction, neutralisation, neutralization, sabotage, extermination, liquidation, holocaust, demolition, spoliation, hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism.

As nouns, annihilation is a hyponym of destruction; that is, annihilation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than destruction:

destruction: an event that completely destroys something
annihilation: total destruction

Other hyponyms of destruction include disintegration, eradication, obliteration, depredation, ravage, razing, wrecking, ruin, ruination, rack, wrack.

destruction (noun)	annihilation (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists	destruction by annihilating something
an event that completely destroys something	total destruction
a final state

destruction vs annihilation

destruction and annihilation both are nouns.

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