death sentence vs doom

death sentence

• Anything that spells death. 

• A decree that someone be put to death as a punishment for a crime; a sentence of execution. 

doom

• Death. 

• An undesirable fate; an impending severe occurrence or danger that seems inevitable. 

• The Last Judgment; or, an artistic representation thereof. 

• Destiny, especially terrible. 

• A feeling of danger, impending danger, darkness, or despair. 

• To destine; to fix irrevocably the ill fate of. 

• To pronounce judgment or sentence on; to condemn.