stage vs climax

climax vs stage

stage and climax both are nouns.

stage and climax both are verbs.

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

As nouns, climax is a hyponym of stage; that is, climax is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stage:

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

Other hyponyms of stage include ladder, acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, extent, end point, resultant, living standards, standard of life, standard of living, plane, state of the art, ultimacy, ultimateness, quickening, terminality.

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

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

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