Existing vs Occurrence - What's the difference?

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Existing is a related term of occurrence.

As a verb existing

is .

As an adjective existing

is that exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

As a noun occurrence is

actual instance where a situation arises.

existing

English

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(-)

That exists, or has existence, especially that exists now.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The attack of the MOOCs , passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}

Synonyms

* existent

Anagrams

occurrence

English

Noun

(en noun)

Actual instance where a situation arises.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=29, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Unspontaneous combustion , passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}

Usage notes

* This word is often misspelled occurence'', ''occurrance'' or ''occurance .