happening vs irruption

irruption vs happening

happening and irruption both are nouns.

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

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

happening: an event that happens
irruption: 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, eruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

happening (noun)	irruption (noun)
an event that happens	a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
	a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
	a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

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