different between eschaton vs apocalypse

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (éskhaton), neuter singular of ??????? (éskhatos, “last”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: ?s'k?-tän?, IPA^(key): /??sk??t?n/

Noun

eschaton (uncountable)

1. (theology) The world during the posthistoric era of God's overt (apocalyptic) reign, immediately preceding the end of the world.

See also

• eschatology
• millennium

Anagrams

• Atcheson

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