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Demise vs Demolish - What's the difference?

demise | demolish |

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)
  • (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).
  • The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.

    Verb

    (demis)
  • (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.
  • Anagrams

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    demolish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To destroy; to destruct.
  • They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
  • (figuratively) To utterly defeat.
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