wipeout vs ravage
ravage vs wipeoutwipeout and ravage both are nouns.
wipeout is not a verb while ravage is a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wipeout | Yes | No | No | No |
| ravage | Yes | No | Yes | No |
As nouns,
ravage is a hyponym of
wipeout; that is, ravage is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
wipeout:
- wipeout: an event that completely destroys something
- ravage: (usually plural) a destructive action
Other hyponyms of wipeout include
annihilation, disintegration, eradication, obliteration, depredation, razing, wrecking, ruin, ruination, rack, wrack.
| wipeout (noun) | ravage (noun) |
|---|---|
| a spill in some sport (as a fall from a bicycle or while skiing or being capsized on a surfboard) | (usually plural) a destructive action |
| an event that completely destroys something |
| wipeout (verb) | ravage (verb) |
|---|---|
| make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes | |
| cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
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