occurrence vs striking

striking vs occurrence

occurrence and striking both are nouns.

occurrence is not an adjective while striking is an adjective.

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

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

occurrence: an event that happens
striking: the physical coming together of two or more things

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, 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)	striking (noun)
an event that happens	the act of contacting one thing with another
an instance of something occurring	the physical coming together of two or more things

occurrence (adjective)	striking (adjective)
	having a quality that thrusts itself into attention
	sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect

Difference between occurrence and striking

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