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Thunderbolt vs Trauma - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between thunderbolt and trauma

is that thunderbolt is a flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder while trauma is any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

thunderbolt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
  • (figuratively) An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
  • * Dryden
  • the Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war
  • Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
  • * Hakewill
  • He severely threatens such with the thunderbolt of excommunication.
  • (soccer) A very powerful shot.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=February 5 , author=Michael Kevin Darling , title=Tottenham 2 - 1 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Substitute Niko Kranjcar's injury-time thunderbolt gave Tottenham a dramatic win over Bolton.}}
  • (paleontology) A belemnite, or thunderstone.
  • (heraldiccharge) A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
  • Derived terms

    * thunderbolt beetle

    See also

    * thunderclap

    trauma

    English

    (wikipedia trauma)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
  • An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=December 14 , author=Steven Morris , title=Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave , work=Guardian citation , page= , passage=Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.}}
  • An event that causes great distress.
  • Derived terms

    * traumatism * traumatise/traumatize * trauma incidence reduction