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Apocalyptic vs Apocalypse - What's the difference?

apocalyptic | apocalypse |

Apocalypse is a derived term of apocalyptic.



As nouns the difference between apocalyptic and apocalypse

is that apocalyptic is one who predicts apocalypse while apocalypse is a revelation.

As an adjective apocalyptic

is of or relating to an apocalypse.

As a proper noun Apocalypse is

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

apocalyptic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to an apocalypse:
  • # Of or relating to an apocalypse (a revelation), revelatory; prophetic.
  • #* 1985', Donald A. Hagner, ''Apocalyptic Motifs in the Gospel of Matthew: Continuity and Discontinuity'', quoted in '''2007 by Jonathan T. Pennington in ''Heaven and Earth in the Gospel of Matthew , page 92:
  • "From beginning to end, and throughout, the Gospel makes such frequent use of apocalyptic' motifs and the '''apocalyptic''' viewpoint that it deserves to be called the '''''apocalyptic Gospel ."
  • #* 2002 , Peter W. Smith, In the Day of the Lord: The Exciting and Promised Fulfillment , page 7:
  • This was because apocalyptic stories — from the Greek word apohalupsis which means “reveal” — uses the vocabulary of symbols and numbers and contains concealed messages that secular listeners cannot comprehend.
  • # Of or relating to an apocalypse (a disaster).
  • #* 2001 , Richard A. Horsley, Hearing the whole story: the politics of plot in Mark's gospel , page 122:
  • In fact, interpreters commonly declare that Mark is an "apocalyptic " Gospel. When they read Jesus' long speech toward the end of the Gospel (chap. 13), they even detect a veritable "apocalypse": "Wars and rumors of wars, "
  • #* 2010 , Philip Leroy Culbertson, Elaine Mary Wainwright, Bible in popular culture , page 184:
  • These bookends house a wealth of apocalyptic stories. The Bible, like some street preacher with a sign, shouts, “The end is near!”
  • Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation or doom).
  • (nonstandard) Eggcorn of apoplectic.
    • He was apocalyptically furious.

    Antonyms

    * nonapocalyptic

    Derived terms

    * apocalyptical * apocalypticist * apocalypticalist (rare) * post-apocalyptic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who predicts apocalypse.

    • Synonyms

    * apocalypticist * doomsayer

    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