circumstance vs event

event vs circumstance

circumstance and event both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
circumstance	Yes	No	No	No
event	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, event is a hyponym of circumstance; that is, event is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than circumstance:

circumstance: a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity
event: a special set of circumstances

Other hyponyms of circumstance include case, hinge, playing field.

circumstance (noun)	event (noun)
information that should be kept in mind when making a decision	something that happens at a given place and time
formal ceremony about important occasions	a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
a condition that accompanies or influences some event or activity	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event	a special set of circumstances

Difference between circumstance and event

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