calamity vs apocalypse
apocalypse vs calamitycalamity and apocalypse both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| calamity | Yes | No | No | No |
| apocalypse | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
apocalypse is a hyponym of
calamity; that is, apocalypse is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
calamity:
- calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- apocalypse: a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
Other hyponyms of calamity include
act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major, famine, kiss of death, meltdown, plague, visitation, tidal wave, tsunami.
| calamity (noun) | apocalypse (noun) |
|---|---|
| an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil |
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