destruction vs termination

termination vs destruction

destruction and termination both are nouns.

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

As nouns, termination is a hypernym of destruction; that is, termination is a word with a broader meaning than destruction:

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

Other hypernyms of destruction include conclusion, ending.

destruction (noun)	termination (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists	the act of ending something
an event that completely destroys something	the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
a final state	something that results
	a place where something ends or is complete
	a coming to an end of a contract period

Difference between destruction and termination

Words related to "termination"

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