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Salvage vs Deconstruct - What's the difference?

salvage | deconstruct |

As verbs the difference between salvage and deconstruct

is that salvage is of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue while deconstruct is to break something down into its component parts.

As a noun salvage

is the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation or salvage can be .

salvage

Etymology 1

From (etyl) salver, from .

Noun

(en noun)
  • the rescue of a ship, its crew or its cargo from a hazardous situation
  • the ship, crew or cargo so rescued
  • the compensation paid to the rescuers
  • the similar rescue of property liable to loss; the property so rescued
  • anything that has been put to good use that would otherwise have been wasted
  • damaged
  • * salvage cars auction.
  • Verb

    (salvag)
  • Of property, people or situations at risk, to rescue
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 13 , author=Sam Lyon , title=Borussia Dortmund 1 - 1 Arsenal , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Robin van Persie looked to have secured the points for the Gunners with a fine goal from Theo Walcott's through ball. But Perisic dipped a sublime 20-yard shot home to salvage a draw.}}
  • Of discarded goods, to put to use
  • To make new or restore for the use of being saved
  • Derived terms

    * salvageability * salvageable * salvager

    Etymology 2

    Alternative forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    deconstruct

    English

    (Deconstruction)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To break something down into its component parts.
  • (label) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
  • (label) To analyse (generally).
  • (label) To critique (generally).
  • To destroy.
  • * 2014 , Ian Levy, 2014 Jun 16, The Spurs’ Deconstruction of the Heat Is Now Complete
  • Usage notes

    Narrowly used as a specific kind of literary analysis and criticism; broadly used as a fancy term to mean analysis, criticism, destruction, etc.

    Derived terms

    * deconstructable * deconstructive * deconstructively

    Anagrams

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