destruction vs ruination

destruction and ruination both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ruination is a hyponym of destruction; that is, ruination 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
ruination: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

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

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

destruction: an event that completely destroys something
ruination: an event that results in destruction

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

destruction (noun)	ruination (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists	destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
an event that completely destroys something	an event that results in destruction
a final state	failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
	an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

destruction vs ruination

destruction and ruination both are nouns.

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