domino effect vs event

event vs domino effect

domino effect and event both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
domino effect	Yes	No	No	No
event	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, event is a hypernym of domino effect; that is, event is a word with a broader meaning than domino effect:

domino effect: the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
event: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Other hypernyms of domino effect include consequence, effect, issue, outcome, result, upshot.

domino effect (noun)	event (noun)
the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)	something that happens at a given place and time
	a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
	a special set of circumstances

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