The difference between Fiasco and Omnishambles

When used as nouns, fiasco means a sudden or unexpected failure, whereas omnishambles means a situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.


check bellow for the other definitions of Fiasco and Omnishambles

  1. Fiasco as a noun:

    A sudden or unexpected failure.

  2. Fiasco as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "synonyms: debacle"

  3. Fiasco as a noun:

    A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

  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."