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Ruins vs Ravage - What's the difference?

ruins | ravage |

As verbs the difference between ruins and ravage

is that ruins is (ruin) while ravage is .

As a noun ruins

is .

ruins

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (ruin)
  • ----

    ravage

    English

    Verb

  • To devastate or destroy something.
  • To pillage or sack something, to lay waste to something.
  • To wreak destruction.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Grievous damage or havoc.
  • * Addison
  • Would one think 'twere possible for love / To make such ravage in a noble soul?
  • Depredation or devastation
  • the ravage''' of a lion; the '''ravages''' of fire or tempest; the '''ravages of an army, or of time