Difference between Desolate and Ravage

Desolate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: deserted and devoid of inhabitants barren and lifeless made unfit for habitation or use dismal or dreary sad, forlorn and hopeless

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To deprive somewhere of inhabitants; to devastate or lay waste somewhere; to abandon or forsake something; to make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Example sentence: Among young people, often a key factor in them committing suicide is the trauma of transient relationships. They throw themselves into a friendship or network of friendships, then it collapses and they're desolate.

Ravage

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To devastate or destroy somethingTo pillage or sack something, to lay waste to somethingTo wreak destruction

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Grievous damage or havocDepredation or devastation