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Destruction vs Deterioration - What's the difference?

destruction | deterioration | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between destruction and deterioration

is that destruction is the act of destroying while deterioration is the process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

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

    Related terms

    * destroy * destructionless * destructive

    See also

    * devastation ----

    deterioration

    English

    Noun

  • The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 4 , author=Lewis Smith , title=Queen's English Society says enuf is enough, innit? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The Queen may be celebrating her jubilee but the Queen's English Society, which has railed against the misuse and deterioration of the English language, is to fold.}}

    Antonyms

    * amelioration