casualty vs fatality
fatality vs casualtycasualty and fatality both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| casualty | Yes | No | No | No |
| fatality | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
fatality is a hypernym of
casualty; that is, fatality is a
word with a broader meaning than casualty:
- casualty: an accident that causes someone to die
- fatality: a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
Other hypernyms of casualty include
accident, human death.
| casualty (noun) | fatality (noun) |
|---|---|
| a decrease of military personnel or equipment | the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters |
| an accident that causes someone to die | a death resulting from an accident or a disaster |
| someone injured or killed in an accident | |
| someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement |
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