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Destruction vs Eradication - What's the difference?

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Destruction is a related term of eradication.


As nouns the difference between destruction and eradication

is that destruction is the act of destroying while eradication is eradication.

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 ----

    eradication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of plucking up by the roots; an uprooting; extirpation; utter destruction.
  • The state of being plucked up by the roots.

    • Related terms

    * eradicate

    Antonyms

    * radication