Incident vs Altercation - What's the difference?
incident | altercation |
An event or occurrence.
A relatively minor event that is incidental to, or related to others
An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis
In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury
Arising as the result of an event, inherent
(physics) (of a stream of particles or radiation ) falling on or striking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
* Hooker
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
* Milton
* Milward
(legal) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
* (rfdate), Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
As nouns the difference between incident and altercation
is that incident is an event or occurrence while altercation is warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.As an adjective incident
is arising as the result of an event, inherent.incident
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* incidental * aviation incident * coincident * incident roomAdjective
(-)- As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
- all chances incident to man's frail life
- the studies incident to his profession
altercation
English
Noun
(en noun)- "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation .