incident vs scene

scene vs incident

incident and scene both are nouns.

incident is an adjective but scene is not an adjective.

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

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

incident: a single distinct event
scene: an incident (real or imaginary)

Other hyponyms of incident include cause celebre, contagion, infection, transmission, sideshow.

incident (noun)	scene (noun)
a single distinct event	the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
a public disturbance	graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
	the visual percept of a region
	a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
	a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
	an incident (real or imaginary)
	the place where some action occurs
	the context and environment in which something is set
	a situation treated as an observable object
	a display of bad temper

incident (adjective)	scene (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 incident and scene

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