Subvert vs Debunk - What's the difference?
subvert | debunk |
To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
* Shakespeare
* John Locke
To pervert, as the mind, and turn it from the truth; to corrupt; to confound.
To upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath).
To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something
In lang=en terms the difference between subvert and debunk
is that subvert is to upturn convention from the foundation by undermining it (literally, to turn from beneath) while debunk is to discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.As verbs the difference between subvert and debunk
is that subvert is to overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly while debunk is to discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.As a noun subvert
is an advertisement created by subvertising.subvert
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) subverten, from (etyl) subvertir, from (etyl) .Verb
(en verb)- He razeth your cities, and subverts your towns.
- This would subvert the principles of all knowledge.
- A dictator stays in power only as long as he manages to subvert the will of his people.
Derived terms
* subversion * subversiveEtymology 2
, by analogy with advert.Synonyms
* subvertisementdebunk
English
Verb
(en verb)- Sailing round the world debunked the theory that the earth was flat.
- Debunking the myth of the American West.
- That bullshit has already been debunked .
- A myth that has long been debunked .
- The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.
