Casualty vs Calamity - What's the difference?
casualty | calamity |
(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
*, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:
Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
(British) The accident and emergency department of a hospital.
An event resulting in great loss.
The distress that results from some disaster.
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As nouns the difference between casualty and calamity
is that casualty is (obsolete) chance nature; randomness while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.casualty
English
(wikipedia casualty)Noun
(casualties)- The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty , and multitude […].
Synonyms
(sense, hospital's accident and emergency) * emergency / emergency room / emergency department / emergency ward / /ER * casualty department / casualty ward * accident and emergency /Derived terms
* casualty department * casualty event * casualty wardcalamity
English
Noun
(calamities)- They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.