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