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Calypso vs Apocalypse - What's the difference?

calypso | apocalypse |

As proper nouns the difference between calypso and apocalypse

is that calypso is (greek god) a sea nymph who entertained odysseus on her island, ogygia, for seven years while apocalypse is (countable|biblical) the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by god to a chosen prophet.

calypso

English

(Calypso music)

Etymology 1

Originally Trinidad English, an alteration of (kaiso), perhaps ultimately of African origin; Allsopp 1996 suggests (etyl) , used to urge dancers on. The spelling reflects a later folk-etymological assimilation with the mythological name (Calypso).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A type of music and dance that originated in the West Indies (perhaps Trinidad), a ballad is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects, often creating satire of current events.
    • Derived terms
    * calypsonian

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl), itself from (etyl) (wikipedia calypso) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A bulbous bog orchid of the genus
  • A light blue color.

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    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