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Independence vs Annihilation - What's the difference?

independence | annihilation |

As nouns the difference between independence and annihilation

is that independence is the state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference while annihilation is annihilation.

independence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state or quality of being independent; freedom from dependence; exemption from reliance on, or control by others; self-subsistence or maintenance; direction of one's own affairs without interference.
  • The state of having sufficient means for a comfortable livelihood.

    • annihilation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
  • The state of being annihilated.
  • (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

    • Related terms

    () * annihilate * annihilator * annihilable * annihilative

    Synonyms

    * (act of reducing to nothing) extinction, eradication * (state of being annihilated) extinction

    Antonyms

    * (act of reducing to nothing) creation, generation * (state of being annihilated) generation

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