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