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