bechance vs take place

bechance and take place both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bechance	No	No	Yes	No
take place	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take place is a hypernym of bechance; that is, take place is a word with a broader meaning than bechance:

bechance: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
take place: come to pass

Other hypernyms of bechance include come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off.

As verbs, take place is a hypernym of bechance; that is, take place is a word with a broader meaning than bechance:

Other hypernyms of bechance include come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off.

bechance (verb)	take place (verb)
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance	come to pass
become of; happen to