devastation vs sabotage

sabotage vs devastation

devastation and sabotage both are nouns.

devastation is not a verb while sabotage is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
devastation	Yes	No	No	No
sabotage	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

devastation: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
sabotage: a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged

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

devastation (noun)	sabotage (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists	a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
plundering with excessive damage and destruction
an event that results in total destruction
the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
the state of being decayed or destroyed

devastation (verb)	sabotage (verb)
	destroy property or hinder normal operations

Difference between devastation and sabotage

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