different between apocolypse vs apocalypse

English

Noun

apocolypse

1. Misspelling of apocalypse.

English

Etymology

From Middle English apocalips, from Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (apokálupsis, “revelation”), literally meaning "uncovering", from ??? (apó, “after”) and ??????? (kalúpt?, “I cover”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?k?l?ps/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?k?l?ps/
• Hyphenation: a?poc?a?lypse

Noun

apocalypse (plural apocalypses)

1. A revelation. [from 14th c.]

   The early development of Perl 6 was punctuated by a series of apocalypses by Larry Wall.

2. (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction. [from 19th c.]
3. (Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
4. A disaster; a cataclysmic event. [from 19th c.]
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, page 699:

     The Spanish mission in America soon became not so much crusade as apocalypse.

Synonyms

• armageddon
• doomsday
• Ragnarok (Ragnarök)
• end times
• eschaton

Hyponyms

• nuclear holocaust
• Final Judgment
• judgement day
• zombie apocalypse

Derived terms

• apocalyptic
• apocalypticism
• snowpocalypse

Translations

Related terms

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “apocalypse”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

From Latin apocalypsis, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (apokálupsis).

Pronunciation

Noun

apocalypse f (plural apocalypses)

1. apocalypse (disaster)

Related terms

• apocalyptique

Further reading

• “apocalypse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

apocalypse

1. ablative singular of apocalypsis