ravaging vs devastation

ravaging and devastation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, ravaging and devastation are synonyms defined as:

ravaging and devastation: plundering with excessive damage and destruction

ravaging (noun)	devastation (noun)
plundering with excessive damage and destruction	the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
	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

ravaging (adjective)	devastation (adjective)
ruinously destructive and wasting