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Outbreak vs Incipience - What's the difference?

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Outbreak is a related term of incipience.


As nouns the difference between outbreak and incipience

is that outbreak is an eruption, sudden appearance while incipience is a beginning, or first stage.

As a verb outbreak

is to burst out.

outbreak

English

Noun

(wikipedia outbreak) (en noun)
  • An eruption, sudden appearance
    • ''Any epidemic outbreak causes understandable panic
  • A sudden increase.
    • There has been an outbreak of vandalism at the school.
  • An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief.
    • There has been an outbreak of broken windows in the street.
  • (uncountable) A geological layer that breaks out

    • Synonyms

    * outburst * tumult

    Antonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To burst out
  • To break forth

    • See also

    * breakout

    Anagrams

    * *

    incipience

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beginning, or first stage

    • Related terms

    *incipient

    References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989