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Casualty vs Cataclysm - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between casualty and cataclysm

is that casualty is (obsolete) chance nature; randomness while cataclysm is a sudden, violent event.

casualty

English

(wikipedia casualty)

Noun

(casualties)
  • (obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
  • *, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:
    • The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty , and multitude […].
  • 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.

    • 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 ward

    Related terms

    * casual

    cataclysm

    English

    (wikipedia cataclysm)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, violent event.
  • (geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
  • A great flood.

    • Derived terms

    * cataclysmic

    Related terms

    * catastrophe