destructive metabolism vs dissimilation

destructive metabolism and dissimilation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
destructive metabolism	Yes	No	No	No
dissimilation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, destructive metabolism and dissimilation are synonyms defined as:

destructive metabolism and dissimilation: breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

Other synonyms of destructive metabolism include catabolism, katabolism.

destructive metabolism (noun)	dissimilation (noun)
breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy	breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
	a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other