Fatality vs. Casualty

Fatality vs. Casualty — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Fatality and Casualty

Fatalitynoun

The state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.

Casualtynoun

(obsolete) Chance nature; randomness.

Fatalitynoun

Tendency to death, destruction or danger, as if by decree of fate.

Casualtynoun

Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.

Fatalitynoun

That which is decreed by fate or which is fatal; a fatal event.

Casualtynoun

A person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

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Fatalitynoun

Death.

Casualtynoun

(proscribed) Specifically, a person who has been killed (not only injured) due to an accident or through an act of violence; a fatality.

Fatalitynoun

An accident that causes death.

Casualtynoun

(military) A person in military service who becomes unavailable for duty, for any reason (notably death, injury, illness, capture, or desertion).

Fatalitynoun

A person killed.

Casualtynoun

(British) The accident and emergency department of a hospital.

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Fatalitynoun

(video games) A move where one character kills another.

Casualtynoun

someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

Fatalitynoun

a death resulting from an accident or a disaster;

a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities

Casualtynoun

someone injured or killed in an accident

Fatalitynoun

the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters

Casualtynoun

an accident that causes someone to die

Casualtynoun

a decrease of military personnel or equipment