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waste vs ravage

ravage vs waste

waste and ravage both are nouns.

waste is an adjective but ravage is not an adjective.

waste and ravage both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
waste Yes Yes Yes No
ravage Yes No Yes No
As verbs, waste and ravage are synonyms defined as:
  • waste and ravage: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
Other synonyms of waste include desolate, devastate, lay waste to, scourge.
waste (noun) ravage (noun)
useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly (usually plural) a destructive action
(law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
the trait of wasting resources
an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
waste (adjective) ravage (adjective)
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
waste (verb) ravage (verb)
become physically weaker make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
cause to grow thin or weak
lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
spend extravagantly
use inefficiently or inappropriately
get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
run off as waste
spend thoughtlessly; throw away
dispose of
Difference between waste and ravage

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