occurrence vs incident

incident vs occurrence

occurrence and incident both are nouns.

occurrence is not an adjective while incident is an adjective.

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

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

occurrence: an event that happens
incident: a single distinct event

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, 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)	incident (noun)
an event that happens	a single distinct event
an instance of something occurring	a public disturbance

occurrence (adjective)	incident (adjective)
	(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
	falling or striking of light rays on something

Difference between occurrence and incident

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