catastrophe

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb catastrophe is

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As verbs the difference between devastate and catastrophe

is that devastate is to ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest while catastrophe is .

As a noun catastrophe

is any large and disastrous event of great significance.

As an adjective devastating is

causing devastation.

As a verb devastating is

present participle of lang=en.

In mathematics terms the difference between catastrophe and chaos

is that catastrophe is a type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states while chaos is behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.

As nouns the difference between catastrophe and chaos

is that catastrophe is any large and disastrous event of great significance while chaos is a vast chasm or abyss.

As a noun catastrophe

is any large and disastrous event of great significance.

As an adjective postcatastrophic is

after a catastrophe.

As a verb catastrophe

is .

As a noun catastrophism is

(geology) the doctrine that sudden catastrophes, rather than continuous change, cause the main features of the earth's crust.

As a verb catastrophe

is .

As a noun eucatastrophe is

(fiction'' or ''drama ) a catastrophe (dramatic event leading to plot resolution) that results in the protagonist's well-being.

As a verb catastrophe

is .

As a noun exode is

(obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the israelites from egypt.

As a verb catastrophe

is .

As a noun doomer is

(video games|informal) a player of the video game doom .