Negate vs Destroy - What's the difference?
negate | destroy |
To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict.
To nullify or cause to be ineffective.
To be negative; bring or cause negative results.
(computing) To perform the NOT operation on.
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
As verbs the difference between negate and destroy
is that negate is to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict while destroy isto damage beyond use or repair
. negate
English
Verb
(negat)- The investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- Progress on the study has been negated by the lack of funds.
- a pessimism that always negates
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English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.