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Crisis vs Phenomena - What's the difference?

crisis | phenomena |

As nouns the difference between crisis and phenomena

is that crisis is a crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point while phenomena is (phenomenon).

crisis

English

Noun

(crises)
  • A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
  • An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
  • A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which the patient is expected to recover or die.
  • (psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
  • (drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.

    • Derived terms

    {{der3, crisis management , currency crisis , financial crisis , economic crisis , international crisis , identity crisis , existential crisis , personal crisis , psychological crisis , midlife crisis , quarter-life crisis}}

    Related terms

    * critic * critical * criticize * critique * criterion

    External links

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    phenomena

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) * (qualifier)

    Noun

    phenomena (p)
  • (phenomenon).
  • *, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
    • , chapter=2 citation , passage=She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid, […]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.}}

    Usage notes

    * In correct English, the term (phenomena) is always plural, with no exceptions. It is widely used incorrectly as a singular noun.