occur vs befall

befall vs occur

occur and befall both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occur	No	No	Yes	No
befall	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, befall is a hyponym of occur; that is, befall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than occur:

occur: come to pass
befall: happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

Other hyponyms of occur include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, happen, bechance, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

occur (verb)	befall (verb)
come to pass	happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance
come to one's mind; suggest itself	become of; happen to
to be found to exist

Difference between occur and befall

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