Raze vs Pulverize - What's the difference?
raze | pulverize |
To demolish; to level to the ground.
To scrape as if with a razor.
(rhizome of ginger).
As verbs the difference between raze and pulverize
is that raze is to demolish; to level to the ground while pulverize is (american spelling).As a noun raze
is (rhizome of ginger).raze
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) raserVerb
(raz)- The word ‘laconic’ derives from Lakon (“person from Lakonia”) the district around Sparta in southern Greece in ancient times, whose inhabitants were famous for their brevity of speech. When threatened them with, “If I enter Laconia, I will raze Sparta,” the Spartans’ reply was, “If.”