different between cataclysm vs havoc
cataclysm
English
Alternative forms
- cataclasm (dated)
Etymology
French cataclysme, from Latin cataclysmus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (kataklusmós, “deluge, flood”), from ????????? (kataklúz?, “to dash over, flood, deluge, inundate”), from ???? (katá, “downwards, towards”) + ????? (klúz?, “to wash off, to wash away, to dash over”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæt??kl?zm?/
Noun
cataclysm (plural cataclysms)
- A sudden, violent event.
- (geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
- A great flood.
Derived terms
- cataclysmic
Related terms
- catastrophe
Translations
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havoc
English
Alternative forms
- havock (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English havok, havyk, from Old French havok in the phrase crier havok (“cry havoc”) a signal to soldiers to seize plunder, from Old French crier (“cry out, shout”) + havot (“pillaging, looting”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæv.?k/
Noun
havoc (usually uncountable, plural havocs)
- widespread devastation, destruction
- Ye gods, what havoc does ambition make / Among your works!
- mayhem
Usage notes
The noun havoc is most often used in the set phrase wreak havoc.
Derived terms
- play havoc, raise havoc, wreak havoc, cry havoc, break havoc
Translations
Verb
havoc (third-person singular simple present havocs, present participle havocking, simple past and past participle havocked)
- To pillage.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene II:
- To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act I, Scene II:
- To cause havoc.
Usage notes
As with other verbs ending in vowel + -c, the gerund-participle is sometimes spelled havocing, and the preterite and past participle is sometimes spelled havoced; for citations using these spellings, see their respective entries. However, the spellings havocking and havocked are far more common. Compare panic, picnic.
Translations
Interjection
havoc
- A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
- Do not cry havoc, where you should but hunt / With modest warrant.
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