disaster与devastate的区别

disaster是灾难的意思，而devastate则是毁灭的意思，区别可以从以下例子看出：

If someone use the nuclear weapons, that would be disaster for human, as that would be devastating results for the world. 如果有人使用核武器，那将是人类的灾难，因为这对世界来说将是毁灭性的结果。