Difference between Occurrent and Happening

What is the difference between Occurrent and Happening?

Occurrent as an adjective is current, actual, occurring. while Happening as an adjective is taking place

Occurrent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Current, actual, occurring.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: An event, something that occurs.

Happening

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: taking placetrendy, up-to-the-minuteA term that became popular during the middle-to-late 1960s to denote an event with multiple cultural components, such as a graphic arts exhibition with accompanying or associated contemporaneous musical, social, and political events.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: something that happensa spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To occur or take place.

Example sentence: If you see harassment happening, speak up. Being harassed is terrible; having bystanders pretend they don't notice is infinitely worse.

We hope you now know whether to use Occurrent or Happening in your sentence.

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