different between incident vs adventure

English

Etymology

Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incid? (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cid?, the combining form of cad? (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.s?.d?nt/

Noun

incident (plural incidents)

1. (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.

2. A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
3. An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.

Derived terms

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Adjective

incident (not comparable)

1. Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
2. (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.

3. Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.

4. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
   • 17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana

     the studies incident to his profession

   • 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman (page 245)

     The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.

5. (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

Translations

Catalan

Noun

incident m (plural incidents)

1. incident

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incid?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.si?d?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?ci?dent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

incident n (plural incidenten)

1. An incident.

   Synonym: voorval

Derived terms

• grensincident
• incidenteel
• schietincident
• steekincident

Descendants

• Afrikaans: insident
• ? Indonesian: insiden
• ? West Frisian: ynsidint

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.si.d??/

Adjective

incident (feminine singular incidente, masculine plural incidents, feminine plural incidentes)

1. incidental
2. (physics) incident

Noun

incident m (plural incidents)

1. incident

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb incid? (“I fall upon”).

Verb

incident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incid?

Etymology 2

Form of the verb inc?d? (“I cut or hew open”).

Verb

inc?dent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of inc?d?

Romanian

Etymology

From French incident

Adjective

incident m or n (feminine singular incident?, masculine plural inciden?i, feminine and neuter plural incidente)

1. incidental

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /int?s?dent/
• Hyphenation: in?ci?dent

Noun

incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. incident

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /?d?v?nt???/, /æd?v?nt???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?v?nt???/
• Hyphenation: ad?ven?ture

Etymology 1

From Middle English aventure, aunter, anter, from Old French aventure, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin advenire, adventum (“to arrive”), which in the Romance languages took the sense of "to happen, befall" (see also advene).

Noun

adventure (countable and uncountable, plural adventures)

1. The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
2. A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.

3. A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
4. (uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

5. (video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
6. (obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
7. (obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
8. (obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
   • 1895, Lord Berners (translator), The Chronicles of Froissart

     He was in great adventure of his life.

Synonyms

• (that which happens by chance): fortune, hazard, luck; see also Thesaurus:luck
• (chance of danger or loss): hazard
• (risk): jeopardy; see also Thesaurus:danger

Antonyms

• abstention, peradventure, unadventurous

Derived terms

• at all adventures

Related terms

• advent
• advene

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English aventuren, auntren, which from Old French aventurer, from aventure.

Verb

adventure (third-person singular simple present adventures, present participle adventuring, simple past and past participle adventured)

1. (archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
2. (archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
   • c. 1860, Isaac Taylor, Heads in Groups:

     Discriminations might be adventured.

3. (archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.

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Translations

Further reading

• adventure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aventured, unaverted

Latin

Participle

advent?re

1. vocative masculine singular of advent?rus

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aventure

Etymology

From Old French avanture, with the addition of a d to reflect Latin advent?rum.

Noun

adventure f (plural adventures)

1. adventure
2. fortune