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Suffering vs Catastrophe - What's the difference?

suffering | catastrophe | Related terms |

Suffering is a related term of catastrophe.


As verbs the difference between suffering and catastrophe

is that suffering is while catastrophe is .

As an adjective suffering

is experiencing pain(jump).

As a noun suffering

is the condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.

suffering

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Experiencing pain.(jump)

    • Synonyms

    * (jump) in pain

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The condition of someone who suffers; a state of pain or distress.
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    Verb

    (head)

    • catastrophe

    English

    (wikipedia catastrophe)

    Alternative forms

    * (now rare) *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any large and disastrous event of great significance.
  • (insurance) A disaster beyond expectations
  • (narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot in a tragedy.
  • (mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

    • Synonyms

    *nakba

    Derived terms

    * catastrophe bond * catastrophe theory

    Related terms

    * anastrophe * apostrophe * cataclysm