occurrence vs eruption

eruption vs occurrence

occurrence and eruption both are nouns.

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

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

occurrence: an event that happens
eruption: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

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, 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, irruption, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

occurrence (noun)	eruption (noun)
an event that happens	the sudden occurrence of a violent discharge of steam and volcanic material
an instance of something occurring	a sudden very loud noise
	the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
	a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
	(of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
	symptom consisting of a breaking out and becoming visible

Difference between occurrence and eruption

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