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Story vs Happening - What's the difference?

story | happening |

As nouns the difference between story and happening

is that story is a sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence while happening is something that happens.

As verbs the difference between story and happening

is that story is to tell as a story; to relate or narrate about while happening is .

As an adjective happening is

(slang|of a place) busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.

story

English

Alternative forms

* storie (obsolete), storey

Noun

(stories)
  • A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
  • * Ed. Rev.
    • Venice, with its unique city and its impressive story
  • * Sir W. Temple
    • The four great monarchies make the subject of ancient story .
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • A lie.
  • (chiefly, US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
  • * 1900 , , (The House Behind the Cedars) , chapter I:
    • The lower story of the market-house was open on all four of its sides to the public square.
  • (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
  • (obsolete) History.
  • * 1644 , (John Milton), (Aeropagitica) :
    • who is so unread or so uncatechis'd in story , that hath not heard of many sects refusing books as a hindrance, and preserving their doctrine unmixt for many ages, only by unwritt'n traditions.
  • A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.

    • Usage notes

    * (soap opera) Popularized in the 1950s, when soap operas were often billed as "continuing stories", the term "story" to describe a soap opera fell into disuse by the 21st century and is now used chiefly among older people and in rural areas. Other English-speaking countries used the term at its zenith as a "loaned" word from the United States.

    Synonyms

    * (account) tome * (lie) See * (floor) floor, level * (soap opera) soap opera, serial * narrative

    Derived terms

    * Banbury story of a cock and a bull * bedtime story * chain story * cock-and-bull story * cover story * end of story * fish story * ghost story * horror story * just-so story * likely story * love story * my stories * shaggy-dog story * short short story * short story * sob story * storiation * story editor * storybook * storyline * story of my life * storyteller * storytelling * success story * tall story * to cut a long story short * war story

    Verb

  • To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
  • * Shakespeare
    • How worthy he is I will leave to appear hereafter, rather than story him in his own hearing.
  • * Bishop Wilkins
    • It is storied of the brazen colossus in Rhodes, that it was seventy cubits high.

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    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    happening

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang, of a place) Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable.
    • This is a happening place tonight!
  • * 2005 , Wendy Lawton, Less is More , page 13,
    • “San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.”
  • * 2006 , Eliot Greenspan, Neil E. Schlecht, Frommer's Cuba , page 165,
    • When the show ends, the circular, sunken floor is one of the more happening dance clubs in town.
  • * 2011 , Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 , page 157,
    • They're a little noisy if you open your balcony door but otherwise offer a glimpse of one of Disney World's more happening places.
  • (slang, of a person or product) Trendy, up-to-the-minute.
    • He is a real happening guy.
  • * 1987' November 16, Steve Gibson, ''Desktop Publishing, 386-Based Machines, ‘'''Happening ’ Trends at Comdex'', '' , page 42,
    • Every show has its hottest, most happening' trends. If I were to isolate just one for hardware and one for software, this year's hot hardware would be the 386 machines, and the ' happening software would be desktop publishing.
  • * 2009 , Nicola Williams, Oliver Berry, Steve Fallon, France , Lonely Planet, page 883,
    • Going strong since 2006, this ephemeral nightclub (it's open only for 50 nights each year, in July and August) has become the hottest ticket in DJ land, a combination of the most happening names in music and its spectacular setting at the heart of the Palais des Festivals.
  • * 2011 , Nicholas Gill, Christie Pashby, Kristina Schreck, Frommer's Chile & Easter Island , unnumbered page,
    • San Antonio is the newest, tiniest, and most “happening ” wine appellation in Chile, with just four boutique wineries that focus on quality, not quantity, producing fine pinot noir, sauvignon blanc, and syrah.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that happens.
  • A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation.

    • See also

    * ("happening" on Wikipedia) English gerunds ----