occur vs coincide

coincide vs occur

occur and coincide both are verbs.

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

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

occur: come to pass
coincide: happen simultaneously

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, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

occur (verb)	coincide (verb)
come to pass	happen simultaneously
come to one's mind; suggest itself	go with, fall together
to be found to exist	be the same

Difference between occur and coincide

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