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Debunk vs Defunct - What's the difference?

debunk | defunct |

As verbs the difference between debunk and defunct

is that debunk is to discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something while defunct is to make defunct.

As an adjective defunct is

deceased, dead.

As a noun defunct is

the dead person (referred to).

debunk

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something
    • Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat.
    Debunking the myth of the American West.
    That bullshit has already been debunked .
    A myth that has long been debunked .
    The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.

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    * English transitive verbs

    defunct

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deceased, dead.
  • * Shakespeare
    • defunct organs
  • * Byron
    • The boar, defunct , lay tripped up, near.
  • No longer in use, inactive.
  • (computing) Specifically, of a program: that has terminated but is still shown in the list of processes because the parent process that created it is still running and has not yet reaped it. See also zombie, zombie process.
  • (business) No longer in business or service.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make defunct.

    • Noun

  • The dead person (referred to).
  • * 1817 September , in Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine , volume 1, page 617:

    • Related terms

    * function * bankrupt