Shipwreck vs. Capsize — What's the Difference?

A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional.

To overturn or cause to overturn

The destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision.

To overturn.

The remains of a wrecked ship.

To cause (a ship) to overturn.

A complete failure or ruin.

To deform under stress.

To cause a ship to be destroyed, as by storm or collision.

The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning.

To cause (a passenger or sailor on a ship) to suffer shipwreck.

To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

To ruin utterly.

An upset or overturn.

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.

Overturn accidentally;

An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

(figurative) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss

To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.

A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.

Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.

To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.

A wrecked ship (or a part of one)

An irretrievable loss;

An accident that destroys a ship at sea

Ruin utterly;

Suffer failure, as in some enterprise

Cause to experience shipwreck;

Destroy a ship;