Denouement vs. Catastrophe — What's the Difference?

The final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot.

A great, often sudden calamity.

The events following the climax of a drama or novel in which such a resolution or clarification takes place.

A complete failure; a fiasco

The outcome of a sequence of events; the end result.

The concluding action of a drama, especially a classical tragedy, following the climax and containing a resolution of the plot.

Alternative spelling of dénouement

A sudden violent change in the earth's surface; a cataclysm.

The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance.

Any large and disastrous event of great significance.

The solution of a mystery; issue; outcome.

(insurance) A disaster beyond expectations.

The outcome of a complex sequence of events

(narratology) The dramatic event that initiates the resolution of the plot; the dénouement.

The final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work

(mathematics) A type of bifurcation, where a system shifts between two stable states.

An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.

An event resulting in great loss and misfortune;

A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune;

A sudden violent change in the earth's surface