different between mishap vs deterioration

English

Etymology

mis- +? hap

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?m?shæp/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /m?s?hæp/

Noun

mishap (plural mishaps)

1. An accident, mistake, or problem.

   Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.

   • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.

2. Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
   • c. 1593, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 1,^[1]

     Rome’s readiest champions, repose you here in rest,

     Secure from worldly chances and mishaps!

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Verb

mishap (third-person singular simple present mishaps, present participle mishapping, simple past and past participle mishapped)

1. (archaic) To happen through misfortune; to mishappen.

See Also

• Thesaurus:luck
• Thesaurus:lucky

English

Etymology

From French détérioration.Morphologically deteriorate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t???????e???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d??ti?.?i.???e?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

deterioration (countable and uncountable, plural deteriorations)

1. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

   Synonym: retrogression

   Antonym: amelioration

Related terms

• deteriorate

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