Harm vs Destruction - What's the difference?
harm | destruction | Synonyms |
Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.
* , chapter=13
, title= That which causes injury, damage, or loss.
* (William Shakespeare)
The act of destroying.
The results of a destructive event.
Harm is a synonym of destruction.
As a proper noun harm
is , low german, derived from herman, meaning "army man".As a noun destruction is
the act of destroying.harm
English
(wikipedia harm)Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good.}}
- We, ignorant of ourselves, / Beg often our own harms .
Usage notes
* Adjectives often applied to "harm": bodily, physical, environmental, emotional, financial, serious, irreparable, potential, long-term, short-term, permanent, lasting, material, substantial.Derived terms
* do no harm * harmer * harmless * harm's way * self-harm * unharmedAnagrams
* ----destruction
English
Noun
(en noun)- The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
- Amid the seemingly endless destruction , a single flower bloomed.