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Occur vs Breakout - What's the difference?

occur | breakout |

As a verb occur

is to happen or take place.

As a noun breakout is

an escape from prison.

occur

English

Verb

(occurr)
  • To happen or take place.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
  • , passage=And no use for anyone to tell Charles that this was because the Family was in mourning for Mr Granville Darracott […]: Charles might only have been second footman at Darracott Place for a couple of months when that disaster occurred , but no one could gammon him into thinking that my lord cared a spangle for his heir.}}
  • To present or offer (itself).
  • (label) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest (itself).
  • * 1995 , (Theodore Kaczynski), Industrial Society and Its Future ,
  • Apparently it never occurs to them that you can't make rapid, drastic changes in the technology and the economy of a society without causing rapid changes in all other aspects of the society as well, [...]
  • (label) To be present or found.
  • Synonyms

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    breakout

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An escape from prison
  • An escape from any restrictive or confining situation
  • An outbreak
  • A breakdown of statistics; a detailed view of component parts
  • A room in a hotel etc. that can be taken by a smaller group at a large conference.
  • See also

    * break out * outbreak

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