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Eradicate vs Dedicate - What's the difference?

eradicate | dedicate |

In lang=en terms the difference between eradicate and dedicate

is that eradicate is to completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate while dedicate is to show to the public for the first time.

As verbs the difference between eradicate and dedicate

is that eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot while dedicate is to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.

As an adjective dedicate is

(obsolete) dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.

eradicate

English

Verb

(eradicat)
  • To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
  • To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
  • Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980

    Synonyms

    * (to pull up by the roots): root up, uproot * (to completely destroy): annihilate, exterminate, extirpate * See also

    Antonyms

    * radicate

    dedicate

    English

    Verb

    (dedicat)
  • To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate.
  • To set apart for a special use
  • dedicated their money to scientific research.
  • To commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
  • dedicated ourselves to starting our own business. See Synonyms at devote.
  • To address or inscribe (a literary work, for example) to another as a mark of respect or affection.
  • To open (a building, for example) to public use.
  • To show to the public for the first time
  • dedicate a monument.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Dedicate to nothing temporal.
  • * (George Henry Calvert)
  • His life is dedicate to worthiness.
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