ending vs devastation

devastation vs ending

ending and devastation both are nouns.

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

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

ending: the act of ending something
devastation: the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists

Other hyponyms of ending include abort, demonetisation, demonetization, release, tone ending, closing, completion, culmination, mop up, windup, retirement, relinquishing, relinquishment, breakup, dissolution, overthrow, adjournment, dissolution, discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking, destruction, kill, killing, putting to death, abolishment, abolition, liquidation, settlement, drug withdrawal, withdrawal, closedown, closing, closure, shutdown, extinction, extinguishing, quenching, disappearance, fade, abortion, deactivation, defusing, discontinuance, discontinuation.

ending (noun)	devastation (noun)
the act of ending something	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)	plundering with excessive damage and destruction
the last section of a communication	an event that results in total destruction
event whose occurrence ends something	the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed
the point in time at which something ends	the state of being decayed or destroyed

Difference between ending and devastation

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