happen vs result

result vs happen

happen is not a noun while result is a noun.

happen and result both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
happen	No	No	Yes	No
result	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

happen: come to pass
result: come about or follow as a consequence

Other hyponyms of happen include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, 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 (noun)	result (noun)
	a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
	the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
	something that results
	a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

happen (verb)	result (verb)
come to pass	come about or follow as a consequence
come into being; become reality	issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end
happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance	produce as a result or residue
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

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