Destruction vs Retention - What's the difference?
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The act of destroying.
The results of a destructive event.
The act of retaining or something retained
* 1599 , , II. iv. 95:
The act or power of remembering things
A memory; what is retained in the mind
(medicine) The involuntary withholding of urine and faeces
(obsolete) That which contains something, as a tablet; a means of preserving impressions.
(obsolete) The act of withholding; restraint; reserve.
* 1599 , , V. i. 79:
(obsolete) A place of custody or confinement.
(legal) The right to withhold a debt, or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right is duly paid; a lien.
As nouns the difference between destruction and retention
is that destruction is the act of destroying while retention is the act of retaining or something retained.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 ----retention
English
(wikipedia retention)Noun
(en noun)- No woman's heart / So big, to hold so much; they lack retention .
- (Shakespeare)
- His life I gave him, and did thereto add / My love without retention or restraint,
- (Erskine)
- (Craig)