destruction and end share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. destruction means “the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists”. end means “either extremity of something that has length”. end is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/dɪˈstɹʌkʃən/
1.n.the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
2.n.an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
3.n.a final state
“he came to a bad end”
/ˈɛnd/
| destruction | end | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /dɪˈstɹʌkʃən/ | /ˈɛnd/ |
| Said | di-STRUHK-shuhn | end |
| Syllables | 3 | 1 |
| Letters | 11 | 3 |
| Parts of speech | noun | noun, verb |
| Senses | 3 | 18 |
| How common | Common | Core |
| Synonyms | devastation | terminal |
Full entry for destruction · Full entry for end · More comparisons
1.n.either extremity of something that has length
“the end of the pier”
2.n.the point in time at which something ends
“the end of the year”
3.n.the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence
“the end was exciting”