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accident vs casualty

casualty vs accident

accident and casualty both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
accident Yes No No No
casualty Yes No No No
As nouns, casualty is a hyponym of accident; that is, casualty is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than accident:
  • accident: an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
  • casualty: an accident that causes someone to die
Other hyponyms of accident include collision, crash, wreck, accidental injury, injury, shipwreck, wreck, fatal accident.
accident (noun) casualty (noun)
anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause a decrease of military personnel or equipment
an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury an accident that causes someone to die
someone injured or killed in an accident
someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
Difference between accident and casualty

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