hap vs befall

hap is a noun but befall is not a noun.

hap and befall both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hap	Yes	No	Yes	No
befall	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, befall is a hyponym of hap; that is, befall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hap:

hap: come to pass
befall: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

Other hyponyms of hap include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, happen, bechance, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

hap (noun)	befall (noun)
an accidental happening

hap (verb)	befall (verb)
come to pass	happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
	become of; happen to

Difference between hap and befall

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