Destroyed vs Destructive - What's the difference?
destroyed | destructive |
(destroy)
(Ireland, informal) (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill.
Causing destruction; damaging.
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, date=February 14
, author=Scott Tobias
, title=Film: Reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard
, work=The Onion AV Club
Causing breakdown or disassembly.
As adjectives the difference between destroyed and destructive
is that destroyed is (particularly of a child) soiled, muddied, especially as a result of a fall or spill while destructive is causing destruction; damaging.As a verb destroyed
is past tense of destroy.destroyed
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- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.