Disintegrate vs Deconstruct - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between disintegrate and deconstruct

is that disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts while deconstruct is to break something down into its component parts.

(disintegrat)

To undo the integrity of, break into parts.

* Kirwan

Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

To fall apart, break up into parts.

* (qualifier) dismember, dissolve * compost, decay, dissolve

* integrate

* disintegration * disintegrative * disintegrator

(Deconstruction)

(en verb)

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.

* 2014 , Ian Levy, 2014 Jun 16, The Spurs’ Deconstruction of the Heat Is Now Complete

Narrowly used as a specific kind of literary analysis and criticism; broadly used as a fancy term to mean analysis, criticism, destruction, etc.

* deconstructable * deconstructive * deconstructively