Tribulation vs Calamity - What's the difference?
tribulation | calamity |
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
* 1535 , , Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation , ch. 6:
* 1847 , , Omoo , ch. 11:
* 1944 June 27, , Speech in Chicago, Illinois to the 23rd Republican National Convention:
* 2009 Sept. 24, , "
An event resulting in great loss.
The distress that results from some disaster.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
As nouns the difference between tribulation and calamity
is that tribulation is any adversity; a trying period or event while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.As a proper noun Tribulation
is a relatively short period of time before the second coming where believers will experience worldwide persecution and be purified and strengthened by it.tribulation
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(en noun)- For the blessed apostle himself in his sore tribulation', praying thrice unto God to take it away from him, was answered again by God (in a manner) that he was but a fool in asking that request, but that the help of God's grace in that '''tribulation''' to strengthen him was far better for him than to take that ' tribulation from him.
- Baltimore's tribulations were indeed sore; there was no peace for him day nor night.
- It is youth who must inherit the tribulation , the sorrow and the triumphs that are the aftermath of war.
Kristina'': A New Musical from the ABBA Guys," ''New York Times (retrieved 12 March 2014):
- Essentially stoic, passive characters, Kristina and the others triumph by surviving — by outliving their plagues and tribulations .
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Noun
(calamities)- They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.