appear vs happen
happen vs appearappear and happen both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| appear | No | No | Yes | No |
| happen | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
happen is a hypernym of
appear; that is, happen is a
word with a broader meaning than appear:
- appear: be issued or published
- happen: come into being; become reality
Other hypernyms of appear include
materialise, materialize.
| appear (verb) | happen (verb) |
|---|---|
| come into sight or view | come to pass |
| be issued or published | come into being; become reality |
| come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance |
| appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | come upon, as if by accident; meet with |
| give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | chance to be or do something, without intention or causation |
| (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | |
| present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority |
Words related to "appear"
- apparent
- apparition
- appearance
- basset
- be
- beam
- break
- break through
- bring on
- bring out
- burst forth
- burst out
- come across
- come along
- come on
- come out
- come through
- come to hand
- come to light
- come to mind
- crop out
- crop up
- cut
- disappear
- do
- dramatic art
- dramatics
- dramaturgy
- emerge
- erupt
- execute
- feel
- flash
- fulminate
- gleam
- glint
- glisten
- glitter
- glow
- happen
- jump
- jump out
- leap out
- lift
- look
- loom
- make
- manifest
- materialise
- materialize
- occur
- outcrop
- pass off
- peep
- perform
- pop
- pop out
- pop up
- produce
- project
- push through
- radiate
- re-emerge
- reappear
- rear
- rise
- roll in
- rush out
- sally out
- seem
- shine
- show
- show up
- sound
- spring to mind
- stand out
- stick out
- stunt
- surface
- theater
- theatre
- turn out
- turn up
- wash up
Words related to "happen"
- activate
- actuate
- anticipate
- appear
- arise
- backfire
- backlash
- bechance
- befall
- betide
- break
- bump
- chance
- coincide
- come
- come about
- come around
- come off
- come out
- come up
- concur
- contemporise
- contemporize
- develop
- effect
- effectuate
- encounter
- fall
- fall out
- find
- give
- go
- go off
- go on
- go over
- hap
- happen
- happening
- intervene
- materialise
- materialize
- occur
- pass
- pass off
- proceed
- recoil
- recrudesce
- recur
- repeat
- result
- roll around
- set off
- set up
- shine
- spark
- spark off
- strike
- supervene
- synchronise
- synchronize
- take place
- touch off
- transpire
- trigger
- trigger off
- trip
- turn out
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