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Disintegration vs Discomposition - What's the difference?

disintegration | discomposition |

As nouns the difference between disintegration and discomposition

is that disintegration is a process by which anything disintegrates while discomposition is (obsolete) inconsistency; discordance.

disintegration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A process by which anything disintegrates.
  • The condition of anything which has disintegrated.
  • (geology) A wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc.

    • Related terms

    * disintegrative * integration

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    discomposition

    English

    Noun

  • (obsolete) inconsistency; discordance
    • (Donne)
    (Webster 1913)