Event vs. Celebration — What's the Difference?

Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence.

The action of celebrating an important day or event

A social gathering or activity

To observe (a day or event) with ceremonies of respect, festivity, or rejoicing.

(Sports) A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet

To perform (a religious ceremony)

(Physics) A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in spacetime, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.

To extol or praise

(Archaic) A final result; an outcome.

To make widely known; display

An occurrence; something that happens.

To observe an occasion with appropriate ceremony or festivity.

A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

To perform a religious ceremony.

One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.

To engage in festivities

An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.

(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.

The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.

(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.

The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.

(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

The act, process, or time of celebrating.

(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.

A joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

(obsolete) To occur, take place.

Any joyous diversion

To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.

The public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual;

To expose to the air, ventilate.

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.

To break forth.

Something that happens at a given place and time

A special set of circumstances;

A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;