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Incident vs Unfolding - What's the difference?

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Incident is a related term of unfolding.


As nouns the difference between incident and unfolding

is that incident is an event or occurrence while unfolding is (often|figuratively) the process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed.

As an adjective incident

is arising as the result of an event, inherent.

As a verb unfolding is

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incident

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • Derived terms

    * incidental * aviation incident * coincident * incident room

    Related terms

    * accident * incidence * occident

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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
    • 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.
  • Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
  • * Milton
    • all chances incident to man's frail life
  • * Milward
    • the studies incident to his profession
  • (legal) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

    • unfolding

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (often, figuratively) The process by which something unfolds or becomes revealed.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 28, author=Bruce Handy, title=Nothing You Can Know That Isnt Known, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=If I had the space, I'd cite dozens more examples of Gould's graceful unfoldings of various Beatle tunes. }}

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