Erupt vs Occur - What's the difference?
erupt | occur |
To violently eject.
(figuratively) To spontaneously release pressure or tension.
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, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
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To happen or take place.
* {{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred , but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.}}
To present or offer (itself).
(label) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest (itself).
* 1995 , (Theodore Kaczynski), Industrial Society and Its Future ,
(label) To be present or found.
As verbs the difference between erupt and occur
is that erupt is to violently eject while occur is to happen or take place.erupt
English
Verb
(en verb)- The volcano erupted , spewing lava across a wide area.
- The crowd erupted in anger.
- And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.
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English
Verb
(occurr)- Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, [...]