Undergo vs Occur - What's the difference?
undergo | occur |
(obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
To experience; to pass through a phase.
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To suffer or endure; bear with.
To happen or take place.
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To present or offer (itself).
(label) To come or be presented to the mind; to suggest (itself).
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(label) To be present or found.
As verbs the difference between undergo and occur
is that undergo is (obsolete) to go or move under or beneath while occur is to happen or take place.undergo
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- The project is undergoing great changes.
- The victim underwent great trauma.
- She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
Anagrams
* English irregular verbsoccur
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(occurr)- 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, [...]
