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Calamitous vs Crucial - What's the difference?

calamitous | crucial | Related terms |

Calamitous is a related term of crucial.


As adjectives the difference between calamitous and crucial

is that calamitous is concerning or involving calamity, disastrous while crucial is being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.

calamitous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
  • :The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.
  • Synonyms

    * destructive * fatal

    crucial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-03-07, author= Nicole Vulser
  • , volume=190, issue=13, page=30, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies , passage=The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial , but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.}}
  • (label) Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped.
  • Term of approval, particularly when applied to reggae music.
  • Derived terms

    * crucial experiment

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