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Destruction vs Decomposition - What's the difference?

destruction | decomposition |

As nouns the difference between destruction and decomposition

is that destruction is the act of destroying while decomposition is a biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost.

destruction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of destroying.
  • The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
  • The results of a destructive event.
  • Amid the seemingly endless destruction , a single flower bloomed.

    Antonyms

    * construction

    See also

    * devastation ----

    decomposition

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost
  • The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis
  • The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom or a compound) into constituent parts