Repopulated vs Depopulated - What's the difference?
repopulated | depopulated |
(repopulate)
To populate again, breed among a group in order to keep the population up.
To reintroduce a species into (an area).
(depopulate)
To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.
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As verbs the difference between repopulated and depopulated
is that repopulated is past tense of repopulate while depopulated is past tense of depopulate.repopulated
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(head)repopulate
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Derived terms
* repopulationdepopulated
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(head)depopulate
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(depopulat)- Where is this viper, / That would depopulate the city?
