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Catastrophe vs Annihilation - What's the difference?

catastrophe | annihilation |

As a verb catastrophe

is .

As a noun annihilation is

annihilation.

catastrophe

English

(wikipedia catastrophe)

Alternative forms

* (now rare) *

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
  • (insurance) A disaster beyond expectations
  • (narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
  • (mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

    • Synonyms

    *nakba

    Derived terms

    * catastrophe bond * catastrophe theory

    Related terms

    * anastrophe * apostrophe * cataclysm

    annihilation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reducing to nothing, or nonexistence; or the act of destroying the form or combination of parts under which a thing exists, so that the name can no longer be applied to it; as, the annihilation of a corporation.
  • The state of being annihilated.
  • (physics) The process of a particle and its corresponding antiparticle combining to produce energy.

    • Related terms

    () * annihilate * annihilator * annihilable * annihilative

    Synonyms

    * (act of reducing to nothing) extinction, eradication * (state of being annihilated) extinction

    Antonyms

    * (act of reducing to nothing) creation, generation * (state of being annihilated) generation

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