Debacle vs. Fiasco

Debaclenoun

An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.

Fiasconoun

A sudden or unexpected failure.

Debaclenoun

(ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

Fiasconoun

A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.

Debaclenoun

A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other débris.

Fiasconoun

A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Debaclenoun

A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst.

Fiasconoun

A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

Debaclenoun

a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a great disaster; a fiasco.

Fiasconoun

a sudden and violent collapse

Debaclenoun

a sudden and violent collapse

Fiasconoun

a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one

‘his plans turned into a fiasco’;

Debaclenoun

flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

Debaclenoun

a sound defeat