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Occur vs Mightly - What's the difference?

occur | mightly |

As a verb occur

is to happen or take place.

As an adjective mightly is

mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.

As an adverb mightly is

mightily.

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

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * occurrent * occurrence

    mightly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Mighty; competent; capable; strong; powerful.
  • * 2008 , Douglas Menville, Forgotten Fantasy :
    • "We must strike a mightly blow as soon as possible for the sake of Lyone, our queen. Once break the power of the king, and he will be glad to sue for peace by liberating our adored idol, the pride of Atvatabar."
  • Substantial; weighty; of import.
  • * 1828 , Welland Canal Company, The Welland Canal Company :
    • In touching upon these mightly results, which must attend, or soon follow, the completion of Welland Canal, [...]
  • * 1983 , Elizabeth K. Helsinger, THE WOMAN QUESTION Social Issues, 1837-1883 :
    • Mightly indeed must be the Titanic current of that soul which could receive one whole human, full of thoughts, affections, and emotions, into its tide and yet remain uncoloured and unchanged.
  • Able; able to occur; possible.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Mightily.
  • Very.
  • * 1904 , John Ames Mitchell, The villa Claudia :
    • "[...] Must have been mightly well corked." "With every possible care, probably. [...]"
  • * 1922 , American Hospital Association, Transactions :
    • We need the best material possible, and I believe we have some mightly good material at the present time.