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Cataclysmic vs Blighting - What's the difference?

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Cataclysmic is a related term of blighting.


As an adjective cataclysmic

is of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.

As a verb blighting is

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As a noun blighting is

the act by which something is blighted.

cataclysmic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to a cataclysm; causing great destruction or upheaval; catastrophic.
    • It is believed that a cataclysmic impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.
  • * 2005 , , My Women
    • That’s why to be rejected in love was so cataclysmic : one had been judged and found wanting.

    Related terms

    * cataclysm * cataclysmic variable star

    blighting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is blighted.
  • * (Mark Twain)
    • They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk