The difference between Debacle and Omnishambles

When used as nouns, debacle means an event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences, whereas omnishambles means a situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.


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  1. Debacle as a noun:

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

  2. Debacle as a noun (ecology):

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

  1. Omnishambles as a noun (UK, informal, chiefly, politics):

    A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.

    Examples:

    "Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles."