Incident vs. Incidence — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Incident and Incidence
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Incident
A particular occurrence, especially one of minor importance.
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Incidence
The occurrence, rate, or frequency of a disease, crime, or other undesirable thing
An increased incidence of cancer
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Incident
An event in a narrative or drama.
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Incidence
The intersection of a line, or something moving in a straight line, such as a beam of light, with a surface
The point of incidence of the beam
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Incident
A usually violent or disruptive occurrence, especially one that precipitates a larger crisis
An international incident that provoked war.
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Incidence
The rate or extent of occurrence or effect
A high incidence of malaria in the tropics.
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Incident
An occurrence that interrupts normal procedure or functioning; a mishap
The plane landed without incident.
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Incidence
Usage Problem A specific event; instance or incident
Fewer incidences of fraud after the regulations were enforced.
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Incident
(Law) Something contingent on or related to something else.
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Incidence
The action, fact, or instance of occurring
Did not expect criticism and was surprised by its incidence.
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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).
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Incidence
The arrival of radiation, a wave, or an object at a surface.
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Incident
(Law) Related to or dependent on another thing.
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Incidence
Angle of incidence.
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Incident
(Physics) Falling upon or striking a surface
Incident radiation.
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Incidence
The act of something happening; occurrence.
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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.
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Incidence
The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
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Incident
A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
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Incidence
The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
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Incident
An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
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Incidence
(physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
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Incident
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
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Incidence
(epidemiology) A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
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Incident
Falling on or striking a surface.
The incident light illuminated the surface.
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Incidence
(geometry) The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
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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.
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Incidence
A falling on or upon; an incident; an event; an occurrence.
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Incident
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
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Incidence
The direction in which a body, or a ray of light or heat, falls on any surface.
In equal incidences there is a considerable inequality of refractions.
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Incident
(legal) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
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Incidence
The rate or ratio at which something occurs; as, the incidence of murder in Los Angeles; the incidence of cancer in men over 50.
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Incident
Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.
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Incidence
The relative frequency of occurrence of something
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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.
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Incidence
The striking of a light beam on a surface;
He measured the angle of incidence of the reflected light
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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.
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Incident
Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
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Incident
That which falls out or takes place; an event; casualty; occurrence.
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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.
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Incident
Something appertaining to, passing with, or depending on, another, called the principal.
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Incident
A single distinct event
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Incident
A public disturbance;
The police investigated an incident at the bus station
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Incident
Falling or striking on something
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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
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