different between debunk vs dismantle

English

Etymology

de- +? bunk (from bunkum, from Buncombe County) 1923

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??b??k/, /di??b??k/
• (US) enPR: d?-b?ngk?, d?-b?ngk?, IPA^(key): /d??b??k/, /?di??b??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

debunk (third-person singular simple present debunks, present participle debunking, simple past and past participle debunked)

1. (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.

   The explosion story was thoroughly debunked on National Public Radio in November 1999.

Translations

Anagrams

• bunked

English

Etymology

From Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s?mænt?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s?mænt???]
• (Cockney) IPA^(key): [d?s?mæn???]
• (US) IPA^(key): [d?s?mæ?n???], [d?s?mæ?n??]
• Rhymes: -ænt?l

Verb

dismantle (third-person singular simple present dismantles, present participle dismantling, simple past and past participle dismantled)

1. (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
2. (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
3. (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

Derived terms

• dismantlable
• dismantlement
• dismantler

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• dentalism