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event vs butterfly effect

butterfly effect vs event

event and butterfly effect both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
event Yes No No No
butterfly effect Yes No No No
As nouns, butterfly effect is a hyponym of event; that is, butterfly effect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than event:
  • event: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  • butterfly effect: the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
event (noun) butterfly effect (noun)
something that happens at a given place and time the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
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
Difference between event and butterfly effect

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