Survival vs Casualty - What's the difference?
survival | casualty |
The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
(as a modifier ) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
(sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
* 2000 , Dan Goldstein,
* 2013 , , How Football Saved My Life , page 139:
(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.
*, NYRB 2001, vol.1, p.327-8:
Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.
(British) The accident and emergency department of a hospital.
As nouns the difference between survival and casualty
is that survival is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life while casualty is chance nature; randomness.survival
English
(wikipedia survival)Noun
- His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
- His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
The Rough Guide to English Football: A Fans' Handbook 2000-2001:
- "...a team that have turned snatching relegation from the jaws of top-flight survival into an art form..."
- "Before you know it, you find yourself flirting around the relegation places and the season becomes a battle for survival ."
Derived terms
* survival value * survival analysis * survival rate * survival skill * survival kit * survivalism * survival of the fittestExternal links
* *casualty
English
(wikipedia casualty)Noun
(casualties)- The non-necessary [causes] follow; of which, saith Fuchsius, no art can be made, by reason of their uncertainty, casualty , and multitude […].