Difference between dilapidated and slum
dilapidated
Definitions
adjective
- in deplorable condition
Examples
The pig farm is a squalid 10-acre patch of mud and dilapidated buildings in the town of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia.
With Ahmed as our guide, we are taken to a gaunt, dilapidated building.
The participants and production crew moved to Oxley Downs, six hours drive from Sydney to the property with 12 buildings, a dilapidated garden, horses, chickens, geese, a cow and 1.300 merino sheep.
slum
Definitions
noun
- a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
verb
- spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
Examples
In 2005, the Mugabe government launched what it called a slum clearance scheme, that bulldozed major shantytowns, brutally displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
She slumped down in her chair and tried to absorb this violent, absurd disruption to her well-ordered life.
That call my slumbering life to wake to happy things.
