come about vs recoil

recoil vs come about

come about is not a noun while recoil is a noun.

come about and recoil both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come about	No	No	Yes	No
recoil	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recoil is a hyponym of come about; that is, recoil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than come about:

come about: come to pass
recoil: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Other hyponyms of come about include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

come about (noun)	recoil (noun)
	a movement back from an impact
	the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

come about (verb)	recoil (verb)
come to pass	spring back, as from a forceful thrust
	draw back, as with fear or pain
	spring back; spring away from an impact
	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Difference between come about and recoil

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