happening vs co-occurrence

co-occurrence vs happening

happening and co-occurrence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
happening	Yes	No	No	No
co-occurrence	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

Other hyponyms of happening include accompaniment, attendant, 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)	co-occurrence (noun)
an event that happens	the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
	an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Difference between happening and co-occurrence

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