So the obvious potential confusion here is in the case where I changed a sandcastle how would you decribe it?
I think all 3 are examples of destruction and creation. I think destruction often has a negative connotation. I think this is why we like to use the word “change” : to describe both destruction and creation at the same time.
“I created a sandcastle” is actually “I destroyed the smooth beach to create a sandcastle”
“I changed a sandcastle” is actually “I destroyed the sandcastle as it was to create a new one”
“I destroyed a sandcastle” is actually “I destroyed the sandcastle to see the pile of sand that it was”
Destruction entails that what existed no longer does. Creation entails creating something that didn’t exist.