different between outburst vs occurrence

English

Etymology

From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- +? burst. Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).

Pronunciation

• Verb:
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b?st/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b??st/
• Noun:
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b?st/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a?t?b??st/
• Hyphenation: out?burst

Verb

outburst (third-person singular simple present outbursts, present participle outbursting, simple past outburst or outbrast, past participle outburst or outbursten)

1. (intransitive) To burst out.

Noun

outburst (plural outbursts)

1. a sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.

   The man greeted us with an outburst of invective.

Synonyms

• explosion

Antonyms

• inburst

Translations

Anagrams

• burst out, subtutor

English

Etymology

From Middle French occurrence, from Medieval Latin occurrentia.

Morphologically occur +? -ence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??k???n(t)s/, /??k????n(t)s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??k??n(t)s/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /??k???n(t)s/, /??k????n(t)s/
• In accents without the hurry-furry merger, /??/ is nevertheless occasionally heard through influence of occur.

Noun

occurrence (plural occurrences)

1. An actual instance when a situation occurs; an event or happening.
2. (grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in or over time.

   Antonym: state

   Hyponyms: accomplishment, achievement, activity

Usage notes

• This word is often misspelled occurence, occurrance or occurance.

Related terms

• recurrence

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ky.???s/

Noun

occurrence f (plural occurrences)

1. occurrence

Derived terms

• en l'occurrence

Further reading

• “occurrence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).