Weaken vs Destroy - What's the difference?
weaken | destroy |
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
In transitive terms the difference between weaken and destroy
is that weaken is to make weaker while destroy is to put down or euthanize.In intransitive terms the difference between weaken and destroy
is that weaken is to become weaker while destroy is to cause destruction.destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.