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fatal accident vs collateral damage

collateral damage vs fatal accident

fatal accident and collateral damage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fatal accident Yes No No No
collateral damage Yes No No No
As nouns, collateral damage is a hyponym of fatal accident; that is, collateral damage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fatal accident:
  • fatal accident: an accident that causes someone to die
  • collateral damage: (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations
fatal accident (noun) collateral damage (noun)
an accident that causes someone to die (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations
Difference between fatal accident and collateral damage

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