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Desolation vs Extirpation - What's the difference?

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Desolation is a related term of extirpation.


As nouns the difference between desolation and extirpation

is that desolation is desolation while extirpation is the act of extirpating or uprooting.

desolation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  • The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness]]; destitution; [[gloom, gloominess.
  • A place or country wasted and forsaken.
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    extirpation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of extirpating or uprooting.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices