Demise vs Demolish - What's the difference?
demise | demolish |
(legal) The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Death.
End (less common, usually in a negative manner).
(transitive, obsolete, legal) To give.
(legal) To convey, as by will or lease.
(legal) To transmit by inheritance.
(legal) To pass by inheritance.
To die.
To destroy; to destruct.
(figuratively) To utterly defeat.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 2
, author=Kevin Core
, title=Fulham 6 - 0 QPR
, work=BBC Sport
As verbs the difference between demise and demolish
is that demise is while demolish is to destroy; to destruct.demise
English
(wikipedia demise)Noun
(en noun)- The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.
Verb
(demis)Anagrams
* ----demolish
English
Verb
(es)- They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
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