destruction vs self-destruction

self-destruction vs destruction

destruction and self-destruction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
destruction	Yes	No	No	No
self-destruction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, self-destruction is a hyponym of destruction; that is, self-destruction 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
self-destruction: the act of destroying yourself

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

destruction (noun)	self-destruction (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists	the act of killing yourself
an event that completely destroys something	the act of destroying yourself
a final state

Difference between destruction and self-destruction

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