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Destruction vs Termination - What's the difference?

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Destruction is a related term of termination.


As nouns the difference between destruction and termination

is that destruction is the act of destroying while termination is the process of terminating or the state of being terminated.

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 ----

    termination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
  • The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
  • An end in time; a conclusion.
  • An end in space; an edge or limit.
  • An outcome or result.
  • The last part of a word; a suffix.
  • (medical) An induced abortion.
  • (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
  • * 1599 ,
    • She speaks poniards, and every word stabs: if her breath were as terrible as her terminations , there were no living near her; she would infect to the north star.
  • The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

    • Synonyms

    * (process of terminating ): discontinuation, stoppage * (state of being termined ): discontinuation * (process of firing an employee ): discharge, dismissal * (end in time ): close, conclusion, end, finale, finish, stop * (end in space ): border, edge, end, limit, lip, rim, tip * (outcome ): consequence, outcome, result, upshot * (medical): abortion, induced abortion

    Antonyms

    * (process of terminating or the state of being terminated) continuation

    Derived terms

    * extermination * terminative * terminative case