different between disaster vs vulnerability

English

Alternative forms

• disastre (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle French desastre, from Italian disastro, from dis- + astro (“star”), from Latin astrum (“star”), from Ancient Greek ?????? (ástron, “star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?st?r.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /d??zæs.t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d??z??s.t?(?)/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /d??zæs.t?/
• Rhymes: -??st?(?), -æst?(?)

Noun

disaster (countable and uncountable, plural disasters)

1. An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent change to the natural environment.
2. An unforeseen event causing great loss, upset or unpleasantness of whatever kind.
   • 2003, The Devil Wears Prada

     A nod means good, two nods; very good. And then there's the pursing of the lips: disaster.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:disaster

Derived terms

• natural disaster

Translations

Anagrams

• TARDISes, Tardises, diasters, disastre, disrates, restiads, tardises

English

Etymology

From vulnerable +? -ability

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?ln????b?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti
• Hyphenation: vul?ner?a?bil?i?ty

Noun

vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)

1. (uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

   The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.

2. (countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
3. (computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

Synonyms

• vulnerableness

Antonyms

• invulnerability

Related terms

• vulnerable

Translations