Endangered vs Extinction - What's the difference?
endangered | extinction |
in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct)
* 1825, Sir Walter Scott, The Betrothed
(endanger)
The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Donald Worster
, title=A Drier and Hotter Future
, volume=100, issue=1, page=70
, magazine=
(astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.
As an adjective endangered
is in danger, at risk, said of something where there is a strong possibility something bad will happen to it (for example, a species in danger of going extinct).As a verb endangered
is (endanger).As a noun extinction is
the action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.endangered
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I have but done my devoir, lady, as a good knight, in defence of an endangered maiden...
Derived terms
* endangered speciesVerb
(head)extinction
English
(wikipedia extinction)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions , radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
