natural event vs eruption

eruption vs natural event

natural event and eruption both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
natural event	Yes	No	No	No
eruption	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eruption is a hyponym of natural event; that is, eruption is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than natural event:

natural event: an event that happens
eruption: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

Other hyponyms of natural event 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, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

natural event (noun)	eruption (noun)
an event that happens	the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
	a sudden very loud noise
	the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
	a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
	(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
	symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

Difference between natural event and eruption

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