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Incident vs. Insident

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Which is correct: Incident or Insident

How to spell Incident?

Incident
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Insident
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Incidentnoun

An event or occurrence.

Insident

Misspelling of incident.

Incidentnoun

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

Incidentnoun

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

Incidentadjective

Arising as the result of an event, inherent.

Incidentadjective

Falling on or striking a surface.

‘The incident light illuminated the surface.’;

Incidentadjective

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

Incidentadjective

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

Incidentadjective

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

Incidentadjective

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

Incidentadjective

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.’;

Incidentadjective

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.’;

Incidentadjective

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

Incidentnoun

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

Incidentnoun

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.’;

Incidentnoun

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

Incidentnoun

a single distinct event

Incidentnoun

a public disturbance;

‘the police investigated an incident at the bus station’;

Incidentadjective

falling or striking on something

Incidentadjective

(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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