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Subversion vs Extirpation - What's the difference?

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Subversion is a related term of extirpation.


As nouns the difference between subversion and extirpation

is that subversion is subversion while extirpation is the act of extirpating or uprooting.

subversion

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of subverting or the condition of being subverted.
  • A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.

    • Related terms

    * subversive * subvert

    extirpation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of extirpating or uprooting.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. ยง 34.
    • it aims at the correction of our manners, and extirpation of our vices