Happy vs. Happen

Happyadjective

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

‘Music makes me feel happy.’;

Happenverb

(intransitive) To occur or take place.

‘Let me tell you how it happened.’;

Happyadjective

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

Happenverb

To happen to; to befall.

Happyadjective

Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).

‘Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?’; ‘Yes, I am happy with the decision.’;

Happenverb

To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

‘Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain.’; ‘Do you happen to have an umbrella?’; ‘I happened to get wet.’;

Happyadjective

Of acts, speech, etc.: appropriate, apt, felicitous.

‘a happy coincidence’;

Happenverb

or upon}} To encounter by chance.

Happyadjective

(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.

‘slaphappy, trigger-happy’;

Happenadverb

maybe, perhaps.

Happyadjective

(rare) Of persons, especially when referring to their ability to express themselves (often followed by at or in): dexterous, ready, skilful.

Happenverb

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

‘There shall no evil happen to the just.’;

Happynoun

preceded by the: happy people as a group.

Happenverb

To take place; to occur.

‘All these things which had happened.’;

Happynoun

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

Happenverb

come to pass;

‘What is happening?’; ‘The meeting took place off without an incidence’; ‘Nothing occurred that seemed important’;

Happyverb

(intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

Happenverb

happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance;

‘It happens that today is my birthday’; ‘These things befell’;

Happyverb

(transitive) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Happenverb

chance to be or do something, without intention or causation;

‘I happen to have just what you need!’;

Happyadjective

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.

‘Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them.’;

Happenverb

come into being; become reality;

‘Her dream really materialized’;

Happyadjective

Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.

‘Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.’; ‘The learned is happy Nature to explore,The fool is happy that he knows no more.’;

Happenverb

come upon, as if by accident; meet with;

‘We find this idea in Plato’; ‘I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here’; ‘She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day’;

Happyadjective

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.

‘One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder.’;

Happyadjective

enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune;

‘a happy smile’; ‘spent many happy days on the beach’; ‘a happy marriage’;

Happyadjective

experiencing pleasure or joy;

‘happy you are here’; ‘pleased with the good news’;

Happyadjective

marked by good fortune;

‘a felicitous life’; ‘a happy outcome’;

Happyadjective

satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment;

‘felt content with her lot’; ‘quite happy to let things go on as they are’;

Happyadjective

exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Happyadjective

well expressed and to the point;

‘a happy turn of phrase’; ‘a few well-chosen words’; ‘a felicitous comment’;

Happyadjective

feeling or showing pleasure or contentment

‘they are happy to see me doing well’; ‘Melissa came in looking happy and excited’; ‘we're just happy that he's still alive’;

Happyadjective

having a sense of trust and confidence in (a person, arrangement, or situation)

‘he was not happy about the proposals’;

Happyadjective

satisfied with the quality or standard of

‘I'm happy with his performance’;

Happyadjective

willing to do something

‘we will be happy to advise you’;

Happyadjective

used in greetings

‘happy Christmas’;

Happyadjective

fortunate and convenient

‘he had the happy knack of making people like him’;

Happyadjective

inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random

‘they tended to be grenade-happy’;