occurrence vs chance event

chance event vs occurrence

occurrence and chance event both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occurrence	Yes	No	No	No
chance event	Yes	No	No	No

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

occurrence: an event that happens
chance event: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

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, alteration, change, modification, computer error, error, accident, 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)	chance event (noun)
an event that happens	anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
an instance of something occurring

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