Shipwreck vs. Capsize

Shipwrecknoun

A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.

Shipwrecknoun

An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.

Shipwrecknoun

(figurative) Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Shipwreckverb

To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

Shipwrecknoun

The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.

Shipwrecknoun

A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage.

Shipwrecknoun

Fig.: Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss.

Shipwreckverb

To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest.

Shipwreckverb

To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers. Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business.

Shipwrecknoun

a wrecked ship (or a part of one)

Shipwrecknoun

an irretrievable loss;

Shipwrecknoun

an accident that destroys a ship at sea

Shipwreckverb

ruin utterly;

Shipwreckverb

suffer failure, as in some enterprise

Shipwreckverb

cause to experience shipwreck;

Shipwreckverb

destroy a ship;

Shipwreck

A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional.

Capsizeverb

To overturn.

Capsizeverb

To cause (a ship) to overturn.

Capsizeverb

To deform under stress.

Capsizeverb

To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

Capsizenoun

An upset or overturn.

Capsizeverb

overturn accidentally;