climax vs stage

stage vs climax

climax and stage both are nouns.

climax and stage both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
climax	Yes	No	Yes	No
stage	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, stage is a hypernym of climax; that is, stage is a word with a broader meaning than climax:

climax: the most severe stage of a disease
stage: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Other hypernyms of climax include degree, level, point.

climax (noun)	stage (noun)
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse	a section or portion of a journey or course
the decisive moment in a novel or play	a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness	a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding	a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
the most severe stage of a disease	the theater as a profession (usually `the stage')
	any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
	a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
	any distinct time period in a sequence of events

climax (verb)	stage (verb)
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage	perform (a play), especially on a stage
	plan, organize, and carry out (an event)

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