calamity vs meltdown
meltdown vs calamitycalamity and meltdown both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| calamity | Yes | No | No | No |
| meltdown | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
meltdown is a hyponym of
calamity; that is, meltdown is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
calamity:
- calamity: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
- meltdown: a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown
Other hyponyms of calamity include
act of God, force majeure, inevitable accident, unavoidable casualty, vis major, apocalypse, famine, kiss of death, plague, visitation, tidal wave, tsunami.
| calamity (noun) | meltdown (noun) |
|---|---|
| an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown |
| severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping |
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