Catastrophe vs Scourge - What's the difference?
catastrophe | scourge | Synonyms |
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.
(uncountable) A source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.
A means to inflict such pain or destruction.
* Shakespeare
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A whip, often of leather.
* Chapman
To strike with a scourge , to flog.
Catastrophe is a synonym of scourge.
As verbs the difference between catastrophe and scourge
is that catastrophe is while scourge is to strike with a scourge , to flog.As a noun scourge is
(uncountable) a source of persistent trouble such as pestilence that causes pain and suffering or widespread destruction.catastrophe
English
(wikipedia catastrophe)Alternative forms
* (now rare) *Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
*nakbaDerived terms
* catastrophe bond * catastrophe theoryscourge
English
Noun
- What scourge for perjury / Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
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- Up to coach then goes / The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.
