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Cataclysm vs Pandemonium - What's the difference?

cataclysm | pandemonium |

As nouns the difference between cataclysm and pandemonium

is that cataclysm is a sudden, violent event while pandemonium is the imaginary capital of hell (often with a capital letter).

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

    pandemonium

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pandaemonium *

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (archaic) A place where all demons live; Hell.
  • * 1674 — , Book I
  • And Trumpets sound throughout the Host proclaim
    A solemn Councel forthwith to be held
    At Pandæmonium , the high Capitol
    Of Satan and his Peers.
  • Chaos; tumultuous or lawless violence.
  • * 2004 , Boston Globe , October 22
  • Whenever you have violent pandemonium , there's the overwhelming possibility for panic and tragedy.
  • An outburst; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd.
  • Synonyms

    * (tumultuous or lawless violence): chaos * (an outburst): outburst, uproar