happening vs incident

incident vs happening

happening and incident both are nouns.

happening is not an adjective while incident is an adjective.

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

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

happening: an event that happens
incident: a single distinct event

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, 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)	incident (noun)
an event that happens	a single distinct event
	a public disturbance

happening (adjective)	incident (adjective)
	(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
	falling or striking of light rays on something

Difference between happening and incident

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