Peril vs Calamity - What's the difference?
peril | calamity |
A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
* 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
*:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
An event resulting in great loss.
The distress that results from some disaster.
* 2013 , Daniel Taylor, Rickie Lambert's debut goal gives England victory over Scotland'' (in ''The Guardian , 14 August 2013)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/aug/14/england-scotland-international-friendly]
As nouns the difference between peril and calamity
is that peril is a situation of serious and immediate danger while calamity is an event resulting in great loss.As a verb peril
is to cause to be in danger; to imperil.peril
English
Noun
(en noun)- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
Synonyms
* danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See alsoDerived terms
* yellow perilVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----calamity
English
Noun
(calamities)- 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.