different between incident vs opportunity

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.

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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.

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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

Etymology

opportune +? -ity, from Middle French opportunité, from Latin opportunitas

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p.??tju?.n?.t?/, /??p.??t??u?.n?.ti/
• (General American) enPR: ä'p?r-to?o?n?-t?, IPA^(key): /??p??tun?ti/
• Hyphenation: op?por?tu?ni?ty

Noun

opportunity (countable and uncountable, plural opportunities)

1. A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
2. A favorable circumstance or occasion.

3. (nonstandard, Euro-English) opportuneness

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Further reading

• opportunity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• opportunity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.