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Plaintive vs Calamitous - What's the difference?

plaintive | calamitous | Related terms |

Plaintive is a related term of calamitous.


As adjectives the difference between plaintive and calamitous

is that plaintive is sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic while calamitous is concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

plaintive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
  • calamitous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
  • :The city was struck by a calamitous cyclone.
  • Synonyms

    * destructive * fatal