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event vs nonevent

nonevent vs event

event and nonevent both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
event Yes No No No
nonevent Yes No No No
As nouns, nonevent is a hyponym of event; that is, nonevent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than event:
  • event: something that happens at a given place and time
  • nonevent: an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected
event (noun) nonevent (noun)
something that happens at a given place and time an anticipated event that turns out to be far less significant than was expected
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 nonevent

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