devastation vs self-destruction

self-destruction vs devastation

devastation and self-destruction both are nouns.

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

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

Other hyponyms of devastation 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.

devastation (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
plundering with excessive damage and destruction	the act of destroying yourself
an event that results in total destruction
the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
the state of being decayed or destroyed

Difference between devastation and self-destruction

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