occasion vs landmark

landmark vs occasion

occasion and landmark both are nouns.

occasion is a verb but landmark is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occasion	Yes	No	Yes	No
landmark	Yes	No	No	No

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

occasion: an event that occurs at a critical time
landmark: an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

Other hyponyms of occasion include climax, flood tide, conjuncture, crisis, turning point, watershed, milestone, head, pass, straits, reality check.

occasion (noun)	landmark (noun)
an event that occurs at a critical time	an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken
a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people	a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land
a rational motive for a belief or action	an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend
an opportunity to do something	the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape
the time of a particular event

occasion (verb)	landmark (verb)
give occasion to

Difference between occasion and landmark

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