Occurrence vs Feat - What's the difference?
occurrence | feat |
Actual instance where a situation arises.
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, title= A relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.
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, date=January 22
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(archaic) dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty
* Shakespeare
* 1610 , , act 2 scene 1
(obsolete) To form; to fashion.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between occurrence and feat
is that occurrence is actual instance where a situation arises while feat is a relatively rare or difficult accomplishment.As an adjective feat is
(archaic) dexterous in movements or service; skilful; neat; pretty.As a verb feat is
(obsolete) to form; to fashion.occurrence
English
Noun
(en noun)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 .feat
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Bradford may have lost on the night but they stubbornly protected a 3-1 first-leg advantage to emulate a feat last achieved by Rochdale in 1962.}}
Derived terms
* no small feat * no mean featAdjective
(er)- Never master had a page so feat .
- And look how well my garments sit upon me — / Much feater than before.
Verb
(en verb)- To the more mature, / A glass that feated them.