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Wasteland vs Ruins - What's the difference?

wasteland | ruins |

As nouns the difference between wasteland and ruins

is that wasteland is a region with no remaining resources; a desert while ruins is .

As a verb ruins is

(ruin).

wasteland

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A region with no remaining resources; a desert.
    • Ten years of drought had left the area a wasteland
  • Any barren or uninteresting place.
    • After his experiences, he no longer found western Kansas such a wasteland

    ruins

    English

    Noun

    (head)

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (ruin)
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