Demolish vs Generate - What's the difference?
demolish | generate |
As verbs the difference between demolish and generate is that demolish is to destroy; to destruct while generate is to bring into being; give rise to.
demolish English
Verb
( es)
To destroy; to destruct.
- They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
(figuratively) To utterly defeat.
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generate English
Verb
( generat)
To bring into being; give rise to.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 9, author=Jonathan Wilson, work=the Guardian
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To produce as a result of a chemical or physical process.
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To procreate, beget.
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(mathematics) To form a figure from a curve or solid.
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To appear or occur; be generated.
* 1883 , (Thomas Hardy), (The Three Strangers)
- Mrs. Fennel, seeing the steam begin to generate on the countenances of her guests, crossed over and touched the fiddler's elbow and put her hand on the serpent's mouth.
Related terms
* genus
* generation
* generative
* generable
* generic
* general
* degenerate
Synonyms
* (to bring into being) create
Antonyms
* (to bring into being) annihilate, extinguish
* (to produce as a result of a chemical or physical process) erase
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