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happen vs come up

come up vs happen

happen and come up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
happen No No Yes No
come up No No Yes No
As verbs, come up is a hyponym of happen; that is, come up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than happen:
  • happen: come to pass
  • come up: result or issue
Other hyponyms of happen include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, 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, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.
happen (verb) come up (verb)
come to pass result or issue
come into being; become reality start running, functioning, or operating
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance gather or bring together
come upon, as if by accident; meet with gather (money or other resources) together over time
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation bring forth, usually something desirable
come up, of celestial bodies
come to the surface
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
move upward
get something or somebody for a specific purpose
originate or come into being
be mentioned
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