happening vs modification

modification vs happening

happening and modification both are nouns.

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

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

happening: an event that happens
modification: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

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, 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)	modification (noun)
an event that happens	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

Difference between happening and modification

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