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Apocalypse vs Cataclysmic - What's the difference?

apocalypse | cataclysmic |

As a noun apocalypse

is a revelation.

As a proper noun Apocalypse

is the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

As an adjective cataclysmic is

of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.

apocalypse

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A revelation.
    • The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
  • (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the ; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
  • A disaster; a cataclysmic event.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 699:
    • The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse .

    Synonyms

    * armageddon * doomsday * judgement day * nuclear holocaust * Ragnarok (Ragnarök) * Final Judgment * end times * eschaton

    Derived terms

    * apocalyptic * apocalypticism * snowpocalypse

    cataclysmic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
    • It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
  • * 2005 , , My Women
    • That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic : one had been judged and found wanting.

    Related terms

    * cataclysm * cataclysmic variable star