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Destruction vs Discarding - What's the difference?

destruction | discarding |

As nouns the difference between destruction and discarding

is that destruction is the act of destroying while discarding is the act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.

As a verb discarding is

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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 ----

    discarding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
  • (in the plural) Discarded material.
    • the usual discardings of country folk