occurrent vs modification

modification vs occurrent

occurrent and modification both are nouns.

occurrent is an adjective but modification is not an adjective.

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

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

occurrent: an event that happens
modification: 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, alteration, change, 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)	modification (noun)
an event that happens	the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
	slightly modified copy; not an exact copy
	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
	the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies the meaning of the phrase

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

Difference between occurrent and modification

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