✅ Catastrophe refers to a severe disaster or event with extreme consequences (The hurricane was a catastrophe for the coastal towns, causing extensive damage to buildings).

✅ Debacle describes a complete failure, often embarrassing or chaotic (The product launch turned into a debacle when nothing worked).

✅ Both words describe major failures or disasters.

✅ While catastrophe often refers to natural or large-scale disasters, debacle is more commonly used for smaller-scale or human-made failures (The oil spill caused an environmental catastrophe, sickening many fish in the ocean; The meeting was a debacle because no one had prepared).

✅ Someone or something hostile is openly mean or aggressive (The dog's hostile growl made me back away).

✅ Factious refers to causing or relating to internal divisions or conflicts within a group (The factious debate split the committee into two camps).

✅ Both words involve conflict.

✅ Hostile pertains more to direct aggression or confrontation, while factious is often used in political contexts to mean contributing to division within a group (The teenager showed a hostile attitude toward her parents after being grounded; The factious nature of the city council meeting was exhausting).

✅ Supply refers to a quantity of something that is available or provided for use (We have a good supply of water for the hike).

✅ Cache refers to a hidden or stored collection of items, often for future use (They found a secret cache of food in the cabin).

✅ Both terms relate to having a stock of items available.

✅ Supply suggests a resource that is readily available and accessible, while cache has an element of secrecy or reservation (We have a steady supply of pencils in the office; The squirrels have a cache of nuts for winter).