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Fiasco vs Attainment - What's the difference?

fiasco | attainment |

As nouns the difference between fiasco and attainment

is that fiasco is a ludicrous or humiliating situation some effort that went quite wrong while attainment is the act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.

fiasco

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
  • A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

    • Synonyms

    * (ludicrous or humiliating situation) (l)

    See also

    * fiasci (hypercorrect plural) * fiaschi

    References

    * Concise Oxford Dictionary, s. v. fiasco. * Compact Oxford English Dictionary on-line. * The Word Detective, Issue of Oct 30, 2001. ----

    attainment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
  • That which is attained, or obtained by exertion; acquisition; acquirement.

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