different between catastrophe vs exode

English

Alternative forms

• catastrophë (now rare)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (katastroph?), from ?????????? (katastréph?, “I overturn”), from ???? (katá, “down, against”) + ?????? (stréph?, “I turn”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /k??tæst??fi/
• Hyphenation: ca?tas?tro?phe

Noun

catastrophe (plural catastrophes)

1. any large and disastrous event of great significance
2. (insurance) a disaster beyond expectations
3. (narratology) the dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement
4. (mathematics) a type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Dutch

Noun

catastrophe f (plural catastrophes)

1. (archaic) Superseded spelling of catastrofe.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catastropha, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katastroph?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.tas.t??f/

Noun

catastrophe f (plural catastrophes)

1. catastrophe

Synonyms

• cata (informal)
• désastre

Derived terms

• en catastrophe

Verb

catastrophe

1. first-person singular present indicative of catastropher
2. third-person singular present indicative of catastropher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of catastropher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of catastropher
5. second-person singular imperative of catastropher

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin exodium.

Noun

exode (plural exodes)

1. (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bolingbroke to this entry?)

   • 1868, Lyman Coleman, An Historical Text Book and Atlas of Biblical Geography (page 45)

     Moreover, the continuation of the Mosaic Dispensation from the Exode, 1586, to the burning of the second temple, A.D. 70 = 1656, is exactly the period before the Flood.

2. (Ancient Greek drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe.
3. (historical, Ancient Rome) A comic afterpiece, either a farce or a travesty.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin exodus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (éxodos, “expedition, departure”), from ?? (ex, “out”) + ???? (hodós, “path, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.z?d/

Noun

exode m (plural exodes)

1. exodus
   • 1991, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence

     Il s'agit d'une possibilité envisagée, et si l'on prend des mesures, je ne crois pas cela provoquerait un exode massif de sociétés canadiennes.

Derived terms

• exode des capitaux m
• exode des cerveaux m

Further reading

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