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Alyona
What's the difference between "happen" and "occur"
Aug 20, 2015 8:59 AM
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I just found answer in the internet
Here: http://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/1135/difference-between-to-occur-and-to-happen
Happen — something random to take place;
Occur — something to become observable; in a certain moment; an event or a process;
The difference is even more evident if you notice that occur is relative to current as they both came from Latin currere "to run".
So, I would use occur in the following contexts:
Formal conversations;
When a time or place of an event is specific;
Expected events, like dates: The Spring Bank Holiday that would usually have occurred at the end of May;
Discoveries, ideas: The discovery occurred in Mono Lake, California;
...and happen in the following contexts:
Informal context;
Rough time or place;
Random events, usually without being planned;
maybe other native speakers will offer anothe rexplanation)
August 20, 2015
Each word has different meanings. In the context in which the words are synonyms, the slight difference is that "happen" suggests a degree of suddenness and absence of planning.
August 20, 2015
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