event vs zap

event and zap both are nouns.

event is not a verb while zap is a verb.

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

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

event: something that happens at a given place and time
zap: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact

Other hyponyms of event include act, deed, human action, human activity, might-have-been, nonevent, happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, social event, miracle, migration, make-up, makeup, hackathon.

event (noun)	zap (noun)
something that happens at a given place and time	a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact
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

event (verb)	zap (verb)
	cook or heat in a microwave oven
	strike at with firepower or bombs
	kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting
	strike suddenly and with force

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