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Wrecking vs Ruination - What's the difference?

wrecking | ruination |

As nouns the difference between wrecking and ruination

is that wrecking is the act by which something is wrecked while ruination is the state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.

As a verb wrecking

is .

wrecking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wrecked.
  • * 1850 , The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
  • The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
  • The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.
  • ruination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
  • The act of ruining or wrecking.
  • The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.
  • A loss of reputation.
  • Synonyms

    * (act of ruining) destruction, wrecking

    Synonyms

    * (act of ruining) foundation, construction, building

    Anagrams

    * urination