different between despoilment vs desolation

English

Etymology

despoil +? -ment

Noun

despoilment (countable and uncountable, plural despoilments)

1. The act of despoiling; a plundering; despoliation.
   • 1994: Noah M. Lemos, Intrinsic Value

     On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.

Translations

References

• despoilment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• despoilment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Old French desolacion, from Latin d?s?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

desolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations)

1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2. The state of being desolated or laid waste

   Synonyms: ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloom, gloominess

   • I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

Latin d?s?l?ti?.

Noun

desolation f (plural desolations)

1. desolation; destruction; annihilation.