Incident vs Nonscandal - What's the difference?
incident | nonscandal |
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.
An incident that is not a scandal.
*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 6, author=The New York Times, title=Pop and Rock Listings, work=New York Times
, passage=Little controversy followed, however, and the memory all but disappeared after Ms. Hill’s nonscandal — mouthing an angry “What?!” when a competitor won a prize — at the Country Music Association Awards six months later. }}
As nouns the difference between incident and nonscandal
is that incident is an event or occurrence while nonscandal is an incident that is not a scandal.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
nonscandal
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Noun
(en noun)citation