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Dystopia vs Apocalypse - What's the difference?

dystopia | apocalypse |

As nouns the difference between dystopia and apocalypse

is that dystopia is a vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society while apocalypse is a revelation.

As a proper noun Apocalypse is

the written account of a revelation of hidden things given by God to a chosen prophet.

dystopia

English

(wikipedia dystopia)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A vision of a future that is a corrupted (usually beyond recognition) utopian society.
  • A miserable, dysfunctional state or society that has a very poor standard of living.
  • (medicine) Anatomical tissue that is not found in its usual place.
    • The patient suffers from adrenal dystopia .

    Synonyms

    * (vision) cacotopia, kakotopia, anti-utopia * (medical condition) malposition

    Antonyms

    * utopia

    Derived terms

    * dystopian

    See also

    * Orwellian ----

    apocalypse

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A revelation.
    • The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.
  • (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the ; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
  • A disaster; a cataclysmic event.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 699:
    • The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse .

    Synonyms

    * armageddon * doomsday * judgement day * nuclear holocaust * Ragnarok (Ragnarök) * Final Judgment * end times * eschaton

    Derived terms

    * apocalyptic * apocalypticism * snowpocalypse