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fatality vs casualty

casualty vs fatality

fatality and casualty both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fatality Yes No No No
casualty Yes No No No
As nouns, casualty is a hyponym of fatality; that is, casualty is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than fatality:
  • fatality: a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
  • casualty: an accident that causes someone to die
Other hyponyms of fatality include killing, violent death, fatal accident.
fatality (noun) casualty (noun)
the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters a decrease of military personnel or equipment
a death resulting from an accident or a disaster an accident that causes someone to die
someone injured or killed in an accident
someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement
Difference between fatality and casualty

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