different between destruction vs collapse

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 Latin coll?psus (past participle of coll?bor).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??læps/
• Rhymes: -æps

Verb

collapse (third-person singular simple present collapses, present participle collapsing, simple past and past participle collapsed)

1. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
   • 1843, Samuel Maunder, The Scientific and Literary Treasury

     A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.

2. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

3. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
4. (transitive, computing) To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.
5. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
6. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.

7. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

Derived terms

• collapsible

Translations

Noun

collapse (countable and uncountable, plural collapses)

1. The act of collapsing.
2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset). (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

Anagrams

• Capellos, escallop

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: collapsent, collapses

Verb

collapse

1. first-person singular present indicative of collapser
2. third-person singular present indicative of collapser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of collapser
5. second-person singular imperative of collapser

Latin

Participle

coll?pse

1. vocative masculine singular of coll?psus