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Doomsday vs Armageddon - What's the difference?

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Armageddon is a coordinate term of doomsday.

Armageddon is a synonym of doomsday.



As nouns the difference between doomsday and armageddon

is that doomsday is the day when God is expected to judge the world; end times while armageddon is the scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.

As an adjective doomsday

is concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.

As a proper noun Armageddon is

the site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.

doomsday

Adjective

(-)
  • Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
  • Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
  • Capable of causing widespread or total destruction; doomsday weapon.
  • Derived terms

    * doomsday bomb * Domesday Book * doomsday event * doomsday machine * doomsday scenario * doomsday weapon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times.
  • judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.
  • Synonyms

    * apocalypse * Armageddon * end times * Final Judgment * judgement day * nuclear holocaust * Ragnarok or

    armageddon

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Christianity, Islam) The site of a prophesied final battle between the forces of good and evil.
  • (lb) The battle itself.
  • Synonyms

    * Apocalypse, Final Judgment

    Coordinate terms

    * Ragnarok (Norse mythology) * day of reckoning, doomsday, judgement day, end times, end of the world

    Derived terms

    * Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse