different between destruction vs chronoclasm

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).

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (khrónos, “time”), and ??????? (klást?s, “a person who breaks something”); from ???? (klá?, “break”)

Noun

chronoclasm (plural chronoclasms)

1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
2. (politics) The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community
3. A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
4. (science fiction) An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

References

• Time, Work-Discipline and Industrial Capitalism - E P Thompson - PDF-version
• Mastered By The Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South
• "Chronoclasm" John Wyndham, 1953