finish vs happening

finish and happening both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
finish	Yes	No	Yes	No
happening	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, happening is a hypernym of finish; that is, happening is a word with a broader meaning than finish:

Other hypernyms of finish include natural event, occurrence, occurrent.

As nouns, happening is a hypernym of finish; that is, happening is a word with a broader meaning than finish:

Other hypernyms of finish include natural event, occurrence, occurrent.

finish (noun)	happening (noun)
the act of finishing	an event that happens
a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance)
(wine tasting) the taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed)
designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race)
the downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict)
event whose occurrence ends something
the place designated as the end (as of a race or journey)
a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality
the temporal end; the concluding time

finish (verb)	happening (verb)
finally be or do something
come or bring to a finish or an end
cause to finish a relationship with somebody
finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table
provide with a finish
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical