Destruction vs Demise - What's the difference?
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The act of destroying.
The results of a destructive event.
(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.
As nouns the difference between destruction and demise
is that destruction is the act of destroying while demise is the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years, most commonly the latter.As a verb demise is
to give.destruction
English
Noun
(en noun)- The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
- Amid the seemingly endless destruction , a single flower bloomed.
Antonyms
* constructionSee also
* devastation ----demise
English
(wikipedia demise)Noun
(en noun)- The lack of funding ultimately led to the demise of the project.
