different between disintegrate vs corrode

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1785, dis- +? integrate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d?s??nt???e?t/

Verb

disintegrate (third-person singular simple present disintegrates, present participle disintegrating, simple past and past participle disintegrated)

1. (transitive) To undo the integrity of, break into parts.
   • 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy

     Marlites […] are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years.

2. (intransitive) To fall apart, break up into parts.
3. (science fiction, transitive) To cause to break up into infinitesimal parts through the use of a disintegrator.

Synonyms

• (transitive, to cause to break into parts) dismember, dissolve
• (intransitive, to break into one's parts) compost, decay, dissolve

Antonyms

• integrate

Derived terms

• disintegration
• disintegrative
• disintegrator

Translations

Anagrams

• reinstigated

Italian

Verb

disintegrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of disintegrare
2. second-person plural imperative of disintegrare
3. feminine plural of disintegrato

English

Etymology

From Middle English corr?den, that borrowed from Old French corroder or directly from Latin corrodere (“to gnaw”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?????d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /k???o?d/, [k???o??d], [k??(?)o??d]
• Rhymes: -??d

Verb

corrode (third-person singular simple present corrodes, present participle corroding, simple past and past participle corroded)

1. (transitive) To eat away bit by bit; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.
2. (transitive) To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

3. (intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

Synonyms

• (to eat away by degrees): canker, gnaw, rust, waste, wear

Translations

Anagrams

• Cordero

French

Verb

corrode

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

Italian

Verb

corrode

1. third-person singular present indicative of corrodere

Anagrams

• corredo, corredò
• decorro

Latin

Verb

corr?de

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