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Exterminator vs Eradicate - What's the difference?

exterminator | eradicate |

As a noun exterminator

is someone or something that exterminates.

As a verb eradicate is

to pull up by the roots; to uproot.

exterminator

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone or something that exterminates.
  • Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

    • 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

    Related terms

    * eradicable * eradication * eradicative * radical * root

    External links

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