disintegration vs fading

disintegration

noun
  • A process by which anything disintegrates. 

  • The wearing away or falling to pieces of rocks or strata, produced by atmospheric action, frost, ice, etc. 

  • The process of radioactive decay. 

  • The condition of anything which has disintegrated. 

  • The radioactive decay of a single atom. 

fading

noun
  • The process by which something fades; gradual diminishment. 

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