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Fluke vs. Incident — What's the Difference?

Fluke vs. Incident — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Fluke and Incident

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Fluke

An unlikely chance occurrence, especially a surprising piece of luck
Their victory was a bit of a fluke

Incident

A particular occurrence, especially one of minor importance.

Fluke

A parasitic flatworm which typically has suckers and hooks for attachment to the host. Some species are of veterinary or medical importance.

Incident

An event in a narrative or drama.

Fluke

A flatfish, especially a flounder.
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Incident

A usually violent or disruptive occurrence, especially one that precipitates a larger crisis
An international incident that provoked war.

Fluke

A broad triangular plate on the arm of an anchor.

Incident

An occurrence that interrupts normal procedure or functioning; a mishap
The plane landed without incident.

Fluke

Either of the lobes of a whale's tail.

Incident

(Law) Something contingent on or related to something else.

Fluke

Achieve (something) by luck rather than skill.

Incident

Tending to arise or occur as a result or accompaniment
"There is a professional melancholy ... incident to the occupation of a tailor" (Charles Lamb).

Fluke

Any of numerous parasitic flatworms, including the trematodes, some of which infect humans, and the monogeneans, which are chiefly ectoparasites of fish.

Incident

(Law) Related to or dependent on another thing.

Fluke

Any of various flatfishes chiefly of the genus Paralichthys, especially the summer flounder.

Incident

(Physics) Falling upon or striking a surface
Incident radiation.

Fluke

(Nautical) The triangular blade at the end of an arm of an anchor, designed to catch in the ground.

Incident

An event or occurrence.
She could not recall the time of the incident.
It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
The suspect was released without further incident.

Fluke

A barb or barbed head, as on an arrow or a harpoon.

Incident

A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.

Fluke

Either of the two horizontally flattened divisions of the tail of a whale.

Incident

An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.

Fluke

A chance occurrence
That spring snowstorm was a total fluke.

Incident

Arising as the result of an event, inherent.

Fluke

(Games) An accidentally good or successful stroke in billiards or pool.

Incident

Falling on or striking a surface.
The incident light illuminated the surface.

Fluke

A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
The first goal was just a fluke.

Incident

Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.

Fluke

A flounder.

Incident

Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.

Fluke

A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the Trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
The man had become infected with flukes after eating a meal of raw fish.

Incident

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

Fluke

Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
The dolphin had an open wound on the left fluke of its tail where the propeller had injured it.

Incident

Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

Fluke

(nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.

Incident

Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
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.

Fluke

A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
The polearm had a wide, sharpened fluke attached to the central point.

Incident

Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
All chances incident to man's frail life.
The studies incident to his profession.

Fluke

In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
After casting the bronze statue, we filed down the flukes and spurs from the molding process.

Incident

Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

Fluke

Waste cotton.

Incident

That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.

Fluke

To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
I fluked a pass in the multiple-choice exam.

Incident

That which happens aside from the main design; an accidental or subordinate action or event.
No person, no incident, in a play but must be of use to carry on the main design.

Fluke

(snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
He fluked the other red into the middle pocket, despite the double kiss.

Incident

Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.

Fluke

The European flounder. See Flounder.

Incident

A single distinct event

Fluke

Any American flounder of the genus Paralichthys, especially Paralicthys dentatus, found in the Atlantic Ocean and in adjacent bays.

Incident

A public disturbance;
The police investigated an incident at the bus station

Fluke

A parasitic trematode worm of several species, having a flat, lanceolate body and two suckers. Two species (Fasciola hepatica and Distoma lanceolatum) are found in the livers of sheep, and produce the disease called rot.

Incident

Falling or striking on something

Fluke

The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

Incident

(sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence;
Incidental expenses
The road will bring other incidental advantages
Extra duties incidental to the job
Labor problems incidental to a rapid expansion
Confusion incidental to a quick change

Fluke

One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.

Fluke

An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.

Fluke

An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke.

Fluke

To get or score by a fluke; as, to fluke a play in billiards.

Fluke

A stroke of luck

Fluke

A barb on a harpoon or arrow

Fluke

Flat blade-like projection on the arm of an anchor

Fluke

Either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean

Fluke

Parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host

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