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