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Fiasco vs Calamity - What's the difference?

fiasco | calamity |

As nouns the difference between fiasco and calamity

is that fiasco is a ludicrous or humiliating situation some effort that went quite wrong while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.

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. ----

    calamity

    English

    Noun

    (calamities)
  • An event resulting in great loss.
  • The distress that results from some disaster.
  • * 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
    • They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

    Synonyms

    *nakba