different between destiny vs destruction

English

Etymology

From Middle English destine et al., from Old French destinee, from Latin d?stin? (English destine).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?st?ni/

Noun

destiny (plural destinies)

1. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will

   Synonyms: fate, lot

2. That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
3. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

   Synonym: fate

Synonyms

• fate
• orlay

Derived terms

• date with destiny

Related terms

• destinate
• destination
• destine

Translations

See also

• doom

See also

• destination

References

• destiny in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• density

English

Etymology

From Middle English destruccioun, from Old French destrucion, from Latin d?structi?, d?structi?nem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?s?t??k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

destruction (countable and uncountable, plural destructions)

1. The act of destroying.

   The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.

2. The results of a destructive event.

   Amid the seemingly endless destruction, a single flower bloomed.

Antonyms

• construction

Hyponyms

• self-destruction

Related terms

Translations

See also

• devastation

Anagrams

• introducest

French

Etymology

From Old French destrucion, borrowed from Latin destructio, destructionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?s.t?yk.sj??/

Noun

destruction f (plural destructions)

1. destruction

Derived terms

• arme de destruction massive

Related terms

• détruire

Further reading

• “destruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).