Lethal vs Catastrophic - What's the difference?
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Deadly; mortal; fatal.
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, title= (chemistry) One of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.
Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
Disastrous; ruinous.
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As adjectives the difference between lethal and catastrophic
is that lethal is deadly; mortal; fatal while catastrophic is of or pertaining to a catastrophe.As a noun lethal
is one of the higher alcohols of the paraffine series obtained from spermaceti as a white crystalline solid.lethal
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
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Etymology 2
Abbreviation of “lauric acid ethereal salt”, so called because it occurs in the ethereal salt of lauric acid.Noun
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Adjective
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- The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8'' is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six''' is actually a shaved Ewok with a ' catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
