Deconstruct vs Derail - What's the difference?
deconstruct | derail |
To break something down into its component parts.
(label) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
(label) To analyse (generally).
(label) To critique (generally).
To destroy.
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A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
To cause to come off the tracks.
To come off the tracks.
To deviate from the previous course or direction.
To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
As verbs the difference between deconstruct and derail
is that deconstruct is to break something down into its component parts while derail is to cause to come off the tracks.As a noun derail is
a device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.deconstruct
English
(Deconstruction)Verb
(en verb)The Spurs’ Deconstruction of the Heat Is Now Complete
Usage notes
Narrowly used as a specific kind of literary analysis and criticism; broadly used as a fancy term to mean analysis, criticism, destruction, etc.Derived terms
* deconstructable * deconstructive * deconstructivelyAnagrams
*derail
English
(wikipedia derail)Noun
(en noun)- The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
Verb
(en verb)- The train was destroyed when it was derailed by the penny.
- The conversation derailed once James brought up politics.
- The protesting students derailed the professor's lecture.