incident vs cause celebre

incident and cause celebre both are nouns.

incident is an adjective but cause celebre is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
incident	Yes	Yes	No	No
cause celebre	Yes	No	No	No

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

incident: a single distinct event
cause celebre: an incident that attracts great public attention

Other hyponyms of incident include contagion, infection, transmission, scene, sideshow.

incident (noun)	cause celebre (noun)
a single distinct event	an incident that attracts great public attention
a public disturbance

incident (adjective)	cause celebre (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

incident vs cause celebre

incident and cause celebre both are nouns.

incident is an adjective but cause celebre is not an adjective.

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