What's the difference between cataclysmic and tragic?

Cataclysmic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the absence of cataclysmic hemorrhage, this easier procedure usually does not cause any irreversible neurological deficit.
  • (2) It is this ultra-austerianism that has led to the cataclysmic beggaring of Greece, bleeding the patient white and then – when seeing that he’s dying – insisting that he bleed some more.
  • (3) So soon afterwards, here was their new leader telling them they had made a cataclysmic error: far from divine, Stalin was satanic.
  • (4) When George Robertson, erstwhile secretary general of Nato, used a New York speech to warn of the "cataclysmic" effects of a yes vote, suggesting it would be an early Christmas present for global terrorists, even close colleagues had to avert their ears.
  • (5) The first patient died within a few minutes of admission from a cataclysmic hematemesis.
  • (6) Although the major studies concerning the probable course of events after the seven-year exemption expires indicate that there will not be a cataclysmic effect on institutions of higher education, it is still not certain how tenured faculty will behave and how that will affect medical schools.
  • (7) "The whole world is in cataclysmic disillusionment," he says, pouring his fizzy water.
  • (8) Elements of a "perfect storm", a global cataclysm, are assembled.
  • (9) Some might argue that our eyes weren't quite on the ball back in '89: never mind the cataclysmic political upheaval in eastern Europe – the results of which still echo around the world – let's devote ourselves to a page concerned with vexed questions such as: why is water wet?
  • (10) There are bad days, increasingly so for them, but then there are days like this that break new boundaries of cataclysmic play and make those of us who predicted a close series seem like end-of-the-pier charlatan soothsayers.
  • (11) As in Baghdad in 2003, so in Tripoli in 2011: the destruction of authority was more cataclysmic than any other worst-case scenario.
  • (12) In practice, such a cataclysmic decision is still a long way off.
  • (13) Cataclysmal hemorrhage occurred in eight patients with known aggressive squamous cell tumors of the head and neck.
  • (14) Israel could instead wait until that day comes, and thereby enjoy many more years of West Bank control and the security advantages that go with it – particularly valuable at a time of cataclysm in the region.
  • (15) Agents lethal to chicken embryos and mice were isolated from the blood and spleen of 2 muskrats and 2 snowshoe hares which died during the cataclysmic die-off of 1961 in Central Saskatchewan.
  • (16) That said, we don’t think this is a prelude to another 2008-style cataclysm.
  • (17) The young Yorkist King Edward IV's impetuous union with the beautiful Elizabeth Woodville didn't produce such an immediate bloodbath in 15th-century England, but its eventual consequences – dead princes in the Tower, a usurping king slaughtered at Bosworth and the coming of the Tudors – were scarcely less cataclysmic: the Plantagenets, like the Starks, wiped out by their enemies.
  • (18) "Cataclysmic money" was spent razing extant if tatty inner city zones, with their diverse uses, their self-generated social and economic energy vibrating on crowded sidewalks.
  • (19) A quite different picture is that of hemorrhagic ulcer occurring abruptly without any warning signs in 6 cases, causing cataclysmal bleeding in three.
  • (20) The late postoperative hemorrhages are the most severe ones, often cataclysmic (eight cases with five deaths, 62.5%) being mainly the result of the primitive carotid erosion by a salivary fistula.

Tragic


Definition:

  • (n.) A writer of tragedy.
  • (a.) Alt. of Tragical
  • (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It seems tragic, then, that so little of these principles transfer over to the container in which the work is done.
  • (2) The authors describe several recent court cases in which judges have ignored or distorted acceptable clinical practices, conceivably creating a new liability standard whereby a tragic outcome is considered the result of failure to apply appropriate judgment.
  • (3) This is all the more tragic in view of the fact that Correa sees himself as a builder of the nation state.
  • (4) Several people have told Guardian Australia of their memories of Charlie, hoping that he is remembered as more than just another tragic statistic.
  • (5) "We are providing consular support to his family at this tragic time, and we ask that the media respect the privacy of those grieving."
  • (6) Now Brokeback Mountain, the tragic love story of two American cowboys, is looking to again chart new territory.
  • (7) Trump’s tragic Nam story is captured in the film Apocalypse Ow.” On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the comic examined the timing of Trump’s Nordstrom tweet, noting that it came just 21 minutes after he was supposed to be in his daily intelligence briefing.
  • (8) Press treatment of the McCann family following the tragic disappearance of their daughter Madeleine, for starters.
  • (9) Anthony Wells, director of YouGov’s political and social research team, said: “While there will be speculation about whether this movement is connected to the tragic death of Jo Cox, we do not think that it is... We are now in the final week of the referendum campaign and the swing back towards the status quo appears to be in full force.” EU referendum voters unconvinced by scare tactics: ‘I just want to do what’s right’ Read more Today, both sides will resume their battle to capture the votes of the undecided and to persuade people to switch sides, though both the Leave and Remain camps say that the manner of their campaigning will be more sober and less combative.
  • (10) The number of self-inflicted deaths occurring in prisons in England and Wales is currently at record levels.” A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “These are tragic cases, and our thoughts continue to be with the family and friends of Ian Brown and Daniel Dunkley.
  • (11) The name may have changed, but the play and many of its leading characters remain the same – arguably the most brutal and tragic situation anywhere in the world during the last 20 years.
  • (12) One of the most tragic aspects of child abuse and neglect is that it is so often perpetuated from one generation to another.
  • (13) Tragically, Qhorin is focused with laser-like precision on the wrong enemy.
  • (14) "The thoughts and prayers of all in the taskforce are with his family and friends at this tragic time."
  • (15) Or perhaps it is the tragic case of Barack Obama that Patel has in mind?
  • (16) Taking a break from rehearsal, police baton in hand, the 34-year-old said: "It doesn't point to anybody, but it brings to the fore the pain the tragic event cost.
  • (17) "Investigations are ongoing and it may be sometime before a full picture emerges of what happened and how this tragic accident came to pass."
  • (18) MTV said it was not an "easy decision" to cancel but that given Gandee's "essential presence" as the star of the show, and his tragic death, it was "not appropriate" to continue.
  • (19) Napoleon, Hitler, various people tried this out, and it ends tragically.
  • (20) This would all be tragically lost if these proposals are agreed.