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Wrecking vs Extinction - What's the difference?

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Wrecking is a related term of extinction.


As nouns the difference between wrecking and extinction

is that wrecking is the act by which something is wrecked while extinction is the action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.

As a verb wrecking

is .

wrecking

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is wrecked.
  • * 1850 , The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal (volume 91, page 93)
    • The propriety of the dissolution, too, was speedily seen in the improved state of the public peace: for twelve years we hear little of Orange riots, and nothing of such burnings and wreckings as those of Maghera, Maghery, and Annahagh.
  • The taking of valuables from a shipwreck close to the shore.

    • extinction

    English

    (wikipedia extinction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of making or becoming extinct; annihilation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions , radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}
  • (astronomy) The absorption or scattering of electromagnetic radiation emitted by astronomical objects by intervening dust and gas before it reaches the observer.

    • Related terms

    * extinct * extinguish

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