Havoc vs Sadness - What's the difference?
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widespread devastation, destruction
* Bible, Acts viii. 3
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To pillage.
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To cause .
A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
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* Shakespeare
(uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
(countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
As nouns the difference between havoc and sadness
is that havoc is widespread devastation, destruction while sadness is the state or emotion of being sad.As a verb havoc
is to pillage.As an interjection havoc
is a cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.havoc
English
Alternative forms
* havock (e.g. in Milton)Noun
(en-noun)- As for Saul, he made havoc of the church.
- Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make / Among your works!
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Usage notes
The noun havoc is most often used in the set phrase wreak havoc.Old Hungarian Goulash?, The Grammarphobia Blog, October 31, 2008
Derived terms
* play havoc, raise havoc, wreak havoc, cry havoc, break havocVerb
- To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
Usage notes
As with other verbs ending in vowel + -c, The gerund-participle is sometimes spelled havocing, and the preterite and past participle is sometimes spelled havoced; for citations using these spellings, see their respective entries. However, the spellings havocking and havocked are far more common. Compare panic, picnic.References
Interjection
(en interjection)- Do not cry havoc , where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.
- Cry "havoc", and let slip the dogs of war!
sadness
English
(wikipedia sadness)Noun
- She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.