natural event vs incident

incident vs natural event

natural event and incident both are nouns.

natural event is not an adjective while incident is an adjective.

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

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

natural event: an event that happens
incident: a single distinct event

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, 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.

natural event (noun)	incident (noun)
an event that happens	a single distinct event
	a public disturbance

natural event (adjective)	incident (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 natural event and incident

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