Disintegrate vs Degrade - What's the difference?
disintegrate | degrade |
To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
* Kirwan
To fall apart, break up into parts.
To lower in value or social position.
* Palfrey
To reduce in quality or purity.
(geology) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down.
In transitive terms the difference between disintegrate and degrade
is that disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts while degrade is to lower in value or social position.In intransitive terms the difference between disintegrate and degrade
is that disintegrate is to fall apart, break up into parts while degrade is to reduce in quality or purity.disintegrate
English
Verb
(disintegrat)- Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
Synonyms
* (qualifier) dismember, dissolve * compost, decay, dissolveAntonyms
* integrateDerived terms
* disintegration * disintegrative * disintegratordegrade
English
Verb
(degrad)- Fred degrades himself by his behaviour.
- Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar.
- The DNA sample has degraded .