Consumptive vs Destructive - What's the difference?
consumptive | destructive |
Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
* Addison
Of, or relating to consumption.
(pathology) Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
* Dryden
Causing destruction; damaging.
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Causing breakdown or disassembly.
As adjectives the difference between consumptive and destructive
is that consumptive is having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful while destructive is causing destruction; damaging.As a noun consumptive
is a person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.consumptive
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(en adjective)- a long consumptive war
- consumptive cough
- The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed.
destructive
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- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.