2020-09-15
180924 คำชวนสับสน ในการใช้ ชุด E – Emergent – emergency
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Dictionary.com
“EMERGENT” = ‘ih-MUR-juhnt’
“EMERGENCY” =’ih-MURjuhn-see’
Dictionary.com
SYNONYM STUDY FOR EMERGENCY
Emergency, crisis, straits
refer to dangerous situations.
An emergency is a situation demandingimmediate action: A power failure created an emergency in transportation.
A crisis is a vital or decisive turning point in a condition or state of affairs, and everything depends on the outcome of it: Help arrived when affairs had reached a crisis.
Strait (usually straits) suggests a pressing situation, often one of need or want: The family was in desperate straits for food and clothing.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Frequently Asked Questions About emergency
How does the noun emergency differ from other similar words?
Some common synonyms of emergency are
contingency, crisis, exigency, juncture, pinch, straits, and strait.
While all these words mean "a critical or crucial time or state of affairs,"
emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster.
the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies
When is contingency a more appropriate choice than emergency?
The words contingency and emergency can be used in similar contexts,
but contingency impliesan emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence.
contingency plans
When is it sensible to use crisis instead of emergency?
The synonyms crisis and emergency are sometimes interchangeable,
but crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference.
a crisis of confidence
Where would exigency be a reasonable alternative to emergency?
In some situations, the words exigency and emergency are roughly equivalent. However, exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation.
provide for exigencies
When would juncture be a good substitute for emergency?
The meanings of juncture and emergency largely overlap;
however, juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events.
an important juncture in our country's history
How is pinch related to other words for emergency?
Pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency.
come through in a pinch
How are the words strait and straits related as synonyms of emergency?
Strait, now commonly straits, applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult.
in dire straits
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
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What do the words emergency and national emergency mean?
We offer two current definitions of emergency:
“an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action,”
and “an urgent need for assistance or relief.”
A national emergency is defined as
“a state of emergency resulting from a danger or threat of danger to a nation from foreign or domestic sources and usually declared to be in existence by governmental authority.”
Where do the words emergency and national emergency come from?
Emergency has been in use for almost 400 years now, and in some early used functioned as a synonym of emergence.
The two words share a root, the Latin ēmergĕre, meaning “to emerge.”
Common Errors in English Usage Dictionary:
The error of considering “emergent” to be the adjectival form of“emergency”
is common only in medical writing, but it is becoming widespread.
“Emergent” properly means “emerging”
and normally refers to events that are just beginning
—barely noticeable rather than catastrophic.
“Emergency” is an adjective as well as a noun,
so rather than writing “emergent care,” use the homely “emergency care.”
