occurrence vs periodic event

periodic event vs occurrence

occurrence and periodic event both are nouns.

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

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

occurrence: an event that happens
periodic event: an event that recurs at intervals

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, 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)	periodic event (noun)
an event that happens	an event that recurs at intervals
an instance of something occurring

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