Lethal vs Destructive - What's the difference?
lethal | destructive | Related terms |
Deadly; mortal; fatal.
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, title= (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Causing destruction; damaging.
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Causing breakdown or disassembly.
Lethal is a related term of destructive.
As adjectives the difference between lethal and destructive
is that lethal is deadly; mortal; fatal while destructive is causing destruction; damaging.As a noun lethal
is (chemistry) one of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.lethal
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.Noun
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Adjective
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- Catabolism is a destructive metabolism which involves the break down of molecules and release of energy.
