The difference between Deracinate and Extirpate
When used as verbs, deracinate means to pull up by the roots, whereas extirpate means to clear an area of roots and stumps.
check bellow for the other definitions of Deracinate and Extirpate
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Deracinate as a verb:
To pull up by the roots; to uproot; to extirpate.
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Deracinate as a verb:
To force (people) from their homeland to a new or foreign location.
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Deracinate as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To liberate or be liberated from a culture or its norms.
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Extirpate as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To clear an area of roots and stumps.
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Extirpate as a verb (transitive):
To pull up by the roots; uproot.
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Extirpate as a verb (transitive):
To destroy completely; to annihilate.
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Extirpate as a verb (transitive):
To surgically remove.