different between extermination vs dissolution

English

Etymology

From Middle French extermination, from Latin exterminatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

extermination (countable and uncountable, plural exterminations)

1. The act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication

   the total extermination of a people

   extermination of error or vice

   extermination of weeds from a field

2. Elimination.

Synonyms

• (total destruction): excision

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin extermin?ti?. Synchronically analysable as exterminer +? -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.st??.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

extermination f (plural exterminations)

1. extermination

Derived terms

• camp d'extermination

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Old French dissolution, from Latin dissol?ti? (“a dissolving, destroying, breaking up, dissolution”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?s??l(j)u???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?s??lu??n/
• Rhymes: -u???n

Noun

dissolution (countable and uncountable, plural dissolutions)

1. The termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.

   Synonym: abolition

   Antonyms: establishment, foundation

2. Disintegration, or decomposition into fragments.
3. Dissolving, or going into solution.
4. The quality of being dissolute.

   Synonym: dissipation

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• “dissolution”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• dissolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin dissol?ti?nem (accusative of dissol?ti?).

Pronunciation

Noun

dissolution f (plural dissolutions)

1. dissolution

Further reading

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