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Repopulate vs Depopulate - What's the difference?

repopulate | depopulate |

As verbs the difference between repopulate and depopulate

is that repopulate is to populate again, breed among a group in order to keep the population up while depopulate is to reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

repopulate

English

Verb

  • To populate again, breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
  • To reintroduce a species into (an area).

    • Derived terms

    * repopulation

    depopulate

    English

    Verb

    (depopulat)
  • To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Where is this viper, / That would depopulate the city?

    See also

    * depeople English transitive verbs ----