occurrence vs co-occurrence

co-occurrence vs occurrence

occurrence and co-occurrence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occurrence	Yes	No	No	No
co-occurrence	Yes	No	No	No

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

occurrence: an event that happens
co-occurrence: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Other hyponyms of occurrence include accompaniment, attendant, 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, 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)	co-occurrence (noun)
an event that happens	the temporal property of two things happening at the same time
an instance of something occurring	an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

Difference between occurrence and co-occurrence

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