hap vs recoil

hap and recoil both are nouns.

hap and recoil both are verbs.

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

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

hap: come to pass
recoil: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

hap (noun)	recoil (noun)
an accidental happening	a movement back from an impact
	the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

hap (verb)	recoil (verb)
come to pass	spring back, as from a forceful thrust
	draw back, as with fear or pain
	spring back; spring away from an impact
	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Difference between hap and recoil

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