occurrence vs alteration

alteration vs occurrence

occurrence and alteration both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occurrence	Yes	No	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

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

occurrence: an event that happens
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hyponyms of occurrence 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, change, modification, computer error, error, accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke, fire, incident, 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.

occurrence (noun)	alteration (noun)
an event that happens	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
an instance of something occurring	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Difference between occurrence and alteration

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