occurrent vs failure

failure vs occurrent

occurrent and failure both are nouns.

occurrent is an adjective but failure is not an adjective.

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

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

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

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, 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.

occurrent (noun)	failure (noun)
an event that happens	an act that fails
	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

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

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