devastation vs spoliation

spoliation vs devastation

devastation and spoliation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, spoliation is a hyponym of devastation; that is, spoliation 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
spoliation: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

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, sabotage, extermination, liquidation, holocaust, demolition, hooliganism, malicious mischief, vandalism.

devastation (noun)	spoliation (noun)
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists	the act of stripping and taking by force
plundering with excessive damage and destruction	(law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence
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 spoliation

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