different between dilapidate vs erode

English

Etymology

From Latin dilapid?tus, past participle of dilapid? (“I destroy with stones”), from dis (“intensifier”) + lapid? (“I stone”), from lapis (“stone”)

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??læp.?.de?t/, /d??læp.?.de?t/

Verb

dilapidate (third-person singular simple present dilapidates, present participle dilapidating, simple past and past participle dilapidated)

1. To fall into ruin or disuse.
2. (transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.

   • If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony […]

   • 1883, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist, chapter VI

     In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.

3. (transitive, figuratively) To squander or waste.
   • 1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses

     The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.

Related terms

• lapidate

Translations

Italian

Verb

dilapidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of dilapidare
2. second-person plural imperative of dilapidare
3. feminine plural of dilapidato

English

Etymology

From French éroder, from Latin erodere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????d/, /???o?d/
• Rhymes: -??d, -o?d

Verb

erode (third-person singular simple present erodes, present participle eroding, simple past and past participle eroded)

1. To wear away by abrasion, corrosion or chemical reaction.
2. (figuratively) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.

   to erode a person's trust

Related terms

• erosion

Translations

Anagrams

• doree

Italian

Verb

erode

1. third-person singular present indicative of erodere

Latin

Verb

?r?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?r?d?

Portuguese

Verb

erode

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of erodir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of erodir