What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Depredation vs Expropriate - What's the difference?

depredation | expropriate |

As a noun depredation

is an act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.

As a verb expropriate is

to deprive a person of their private property for public use.

depredation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
  • * 2003 , The Living Elephants: Evolutionary Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation, by R. Sukumar, page 299:
    • Depredation of cultivated crops by elephants is widespread in both Africa and Asia.
  • A raid or predatory attack
    • Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. ()

    expropriate

    English

    Verb

    (expropriat)
  • To deprive a person of their private property for public use.