happening vs attendant

attendant vs happening

happening and attendant both are nouns.

happening is not an adjective while attendant is an adjective.

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

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

happening: an event that happens
attendant: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Other hyponyms of happening include accompaniment, 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, alteration, 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)	attendant (noun)
an event that happens	an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
	someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another
	a person who is present and participates in a meeting

happening (adjective)	attendant (adjective)
	being present (at a meeting or event, etc.)
	occurring with or following as a consequence

Difference between happening and attendant

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