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As nouns the difference between event and fanfest

is that event is blowhole (of cetaceans) while fanfest is an event held for fans.

event

English

(wikipedia event)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An occurrence; something that happens.
  • * Macaulay
    • the events of his early years
  • An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
  • *, II.3.3:
    • hard beginnings have many times prosperous events  […].
  • * 1707 , , by Eccles and Congrieve; scene 8
    • Of my ill boding Dream / Behold the dire Event .
  • * Young
    • dark doubts between the promise and event
    In the event , he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
  • (physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
  • (computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
  • (probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
    • If X is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: X = 1, X = 2, X \ge 5, X \not = 4, and X \isin \{1,3,5\}.
  • (obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Leave we him to his events .
  • (lb) An episode of severe health conditions.

    • Derived terms

    * blessed event * credit event * current events * doomsday event * eventful * event horizon * eventless * eventual * in the event * K-T extinction event * media event * quick time event * risk event * sentinel event * social event * speciation event * to be wise after the event

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words

    fanfest

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An event held for fans.
  • * 1995 , Billboard (volume 107, number 43, October 1995)
    • Fans of the genre frequently gather at comic book and sci-fi fanfests , which often screen Japanimation films.
  • * 1996 , Howard Schlossberg, Sports marketing
    • Fanfests are increasingly popular, offering offseason weekends celebrating the team and its players and offering sponsors opportunities...
  • * 1996 , Tom Clynes, Music festivals from Bach to blues: a traveler's guide
    • Since it's a fanfest , there are plenty of autographing and meet-the-musician events in beautiful, shady English Park...
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=January 20, author=Carol Pogash, title=Giant Does Not Blame Bonds for Link to Positive Drug Test, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 — This should have been a feel-good event, part of a fanfest weekend being staged by the San Francisco Giants . }}

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