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destruction vs wrecking

wrecking vs destruction

destruction and wrecking both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
destruction Yes No No No
wrecking Yes No No No
As nouns, wrecking is a hyponym of destruction; that is, wrecking 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
  • wrecking: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
Other hyponyms of destruction include disaster, kill, laying waste, ruin, ruination, ruining, demolishing, leveling, razing, tearing down, annihilation, obliteration, decimation, self-destruction, neutralisation, neutralization, sabotage, extermination, liquidation, holocaust, demolition, spoliation, hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism.
As nouns, wrecking is a hyponym of destruction; that is, wrecking is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than destruction:
  • destruction: an event that completely destroys something
  • wrecking: the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
Other hyponyms of destruction include annihilation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, depredation, ravage, razing, ruin, ruination, rack, wrack.
destruction (noun) wrecking (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 the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
a final state
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