Disintegrate vs Devastate - What's the difference?
disintegrate | devastate |
To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
* Kirwan
To fall apart, break up into parts.
To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
To destroy a whole collection of related ideas, beliefs, and strongly held opinions.
To break beyond recovery or repair so that the only options are abandonment or the clearing away of useless remains (if any) and starting over.
As verbs the difference between disintegrate and devastate
is that disintegrate is to undo the integrity of, break into parts while devastate is to ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.disintegrate
English
Verb
(disintegrat)- Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.
