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Crumbling vs Disintegrate - What's the difference?

crumbling | disintegrate |

As verbs the difference between crumbling and disintegrate

is that crumbling is present participle of lang=en while disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts.

As a noun crumbling

is material that has crumbled away; crumbs.

crumbling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Material that has crumbled away; crumbs.
  • * Henry James, The Aspern Papers
  • Blank I call it, but it was figured over with the patches that please a painter, repaired breaches, crumblings of plaster, extrusions of brick that had turned pink with time

    disintegrate

    English

    Verb

    (disintegrat)
  • To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
  • * Kirwan
  • Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
  • To fall apart, break up into parts.
  • Synonyms

    * (qualifier) dismember, dissolve * compost, decay, dissolve

    Antonyms

    * integrate

    Derived terms

    * disintegration * disintegrative * disintegrator