occurrent vs irruption

irruption vs occurrent

occurrent and irruption both are nouns.

occurrent is an adjective but irruption is not an adjective.

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

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

occurrent: an event that happens
irruption: a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)

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, 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, outbreak, black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback, bonanza, boom, bunce, godsend, gold rush, gravy, manna from heaven, windfall, collapse, crash, supervention.

occurrent (noun)	irruption (noun)
an event that happens	a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in
	a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition)
	a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

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

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