wrecking vs laying waste

wrecking and laying waste both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
wrecking	Yes	No	No	No
laying waste	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, wrecking and laying waste are synonyms defined as:

wrecking and laying waste: destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

Other synonyms of wrecking include ruin, ruination, ruining.

wrecking (noun)	laying waste (noun)
destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined	destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled