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Hardship vs Calamity - What's the difference?

hardship | calamity |

As nouns the difference between hardship and calamity

is that hardship is (countable or uncountable) difficulty or trouble; hard times while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.

hardship

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
    • He has survived periods of financial hardship before.

    calamity

    English

    Noun

    (calamities)
  • An event resulting in great loss.
  • The distress that results from some disaster.
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    • They were behind twice, first in the 11th minute when James Morrison scored a goal that was a personal calamity for Hart, and then four minutes into the second half when Kenny Miller eluded Gary Cahill to score with a splendid left-foot drive.

    Synonyms

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