occurrence vs failure

failure vs occurrence

occurrence and failure both are nouns.

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

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

occurrence: an event that happens
failure: an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose

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, 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)	failure (noun)
an event that happens	an act that fails
an instance of something occurring	an unexpected omission
	an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose
	a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently
	lack of success
	loss of ability to function normally
	inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

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