happening vs eruption

eruption vs happening

happening and eruption both are nouns.

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

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

happening: an event that happens
eruption: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

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, 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, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

happening (noun)	eruption (noun)
an event that happens	the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
	a sudden very loud noise
	the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
	a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
	(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
	symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

Difference between happening and eruption

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