development vs ruin

development

noun
  • Something which has developed. 

  • The process of developing; growth, directed change. 

  • A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings. 

  • The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it. 

  • The expression of a function in the form of a series. 

  • The building of such a project. 

  • The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research). 

  • The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated. 

  • The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form. 

  • The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. 

ruin

noun
  • Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction. 

  • The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed. 

  • A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow. 

  • The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. 

  • The act of ruining something. 

  • Complete financial loss; bankruptcy. 

verb
  • To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of. 

  • To make something less enjoyable or likeable. 

  • To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something. 

  • To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business. 

  • To destroy or make something no longer usable. 

  • To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil. 

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