happening vs alteration

alteration vs happening

happening and alteration both are nouns.

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

As nouns, alteration is a hyponym of happening; that is, alteration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than happening:

happening: an event that happens
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hyponyms of happening include accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant, avalanche, experience, trouble, treat, miracle, marvel, wonder, thing, episode, contingence, contingency, eventuality, beginning, conclusion, ending, finish, one-off, periodic event, recurrent event, change, modification, computer error, error, accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke, fire, incident, discharge, case, example, instance, motion, movement, failure, success, appearance, destiny, fate, disappearance, disappearance, contact, impinging, striking, finish, collapse, break, interruption, sound, union, news event, flash, convergence, juncture, occasion, burst, flare-up, outburst, eruption, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

happening (noun)	alteration (noun)
an event that happens	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Difference between happening and alteration

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