disparagement vs lay waste to

disparagement is a noun but lay waste to is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
disparagement	Yes	No	No	No
lay waste to	No	No	Yes	No

disparagement (noun)	lay waste to (noun)
the act of speaking contemptuously of
a communication that belittles somebody or something

disparagement (verb)	lay waste to (verb)
	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly