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
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Fiasco as a noun:
A sudden or unexpected failure.
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Fiasco as a noun:
A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
Examples:
"synonyms: debacle"
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Fiasco as a noun:
A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.
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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."