Occurrence vs Incident - What's the difference?
occurrence | incident |
Actual instance where a situation arises.
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, title= 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
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
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
* Milton
* Milward
(legal) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
As nouns the difference between occurrence and incident
is that occurrence is actual instance where a situation arises while incident is an event or occurrence.As an adjective incident is
arising as the result of an event, inherent.occurrence
English
Noun
(en noun)Unspontaneous combustion, passage=Since the mid-1980s, when Indonesia first began to clear its bountiful forests on an industrial scale in favour of lucrative palm-oil plantations, “haze” has become an almost annual occurrence in South-East Asia. The cheapest way to clear logged woodland is to burn it, producing an acrid cloud of foul white smoke that, carried by the wind, can cover hundreds, or even thousands, of square miles.}}
Usage notes
* This word is often misspelled occurence'', ''occurrance'' or ''occurance .incident
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* incidental * aviation incident * coincident * incident roomAdjective
(-)- 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.
- all chances incident to man's frail life
- the studies incident to his profession