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Destruction vs Pest - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between destruction and pest

is that destruction is the act of destroying while pest is a plague, pestilence, epidemic.

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 ----

    pest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (originally) A plague, pestilence, epidemic
  • An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature.
  • An annoying person.
  • (British, slang) Someone with poor social discipline who continually bothers uninterested women.
  • Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone!

    Synonyms

    * (creature ) bug

    Anagrams

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