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Occur vs Transpire - What's the difference?

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Transpire is a synonym of occur.



As verbs the difference between occur and transpire

is that occur is to happen or take place while transpire is to give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).

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)

    transpire

    English

    (Transpiration)

    Verb

  • To give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
  • (obsolete) To perspire.
  • (botany) Of plants, to give off water and waste products through the stomata.
  • To become known; to escape from secrecy.
  • The proceedings of the council soon transpired .
  • * De Quincey
  • The story of Paulina's and Maximilian's mutual attachment had transpired through many of the travellers.
  • (loosely) To happen, take place.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 166:
  • Although I was prevented from attending the 1952 annual conference, I was immediately informed as to what had transpired .

    Synonyms

    * (become known) be revealed, be discovered, come to light * (happen) come about, come to pass, occur * (perspire) perspire, sweat

    Derived terms

    * transpiration

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