occurrent vs alteration

alteration vs occurrent

occurrent and alteration both are nouns.

occurrent is an adjective but alteration is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
occurrent	Yes	Yes	No	No
alteration	Yes	No	No	No

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

occurrent: an event that happens
alteration: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

Other hyponyms of occurrent 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, 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.

occurrent (noun)	alteration (noun)
an event that happens	the act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)
	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another

occurrent (adjective)	alteration (adjective)
presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)

Difference between occurrent and alteration

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