occur vs recoil

recoil vs occur

occur is not a noun while recoil is a noun.

occur and recoil both are verbs.

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

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

occur: come to pass
recoil: come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

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, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

occur (noun)	recoil (noun)
	a movement back from an impact
	the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

occur (verb)	recoil (verb)
come to pass	spring back, as from a forceful thrust
come to one's mind; suggest itself	draw back, as with fear or pain
to be found to exist	spring back; spring away from an impact
	come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

Difference between occur and recoil

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