Difference between Climacteric and Menopause

Climacteric

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year. The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the change of life A critical stage or decisive point; a crisis Grand or Great climacteric, the sixty-third year of human life.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to the climacteric critical or crucial

Menopause

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The final menstruation of a female.

Example sentence: In the end, the real wisdom of menopause may be in questioning how fun or even sane this chore wheel called modern life actually is.