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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