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Cataclysmal vs Calamitous - What's the difference?

cataclysmal | calamitous |

As adjectives the difference between cataclysmal and calamitous

is that cataclysmal is as destructive as a cataclysm while calamitous is concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

cataclysmal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • As destructive as a cataclysm.
  • * 1861 Richard Owen - Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations
    • That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved.

    Synonyms

    * cataclysmic

    calamitous

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * destructive * fatal