The difference between Accidental and Casual

When used as nouns, accidental means a property which is not essential, whereas casual means a worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

When used as adjectives, accidental means not essential, whereas casual means happening by chance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Accidental and Casual

  1. Accidental as an adjective:

    Not essential; incidental, secondary.

  2. Accidental as an adjective (philosophy):

    Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).

  3. Accidental as an adjective (music):

    Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.

  4. Accidental as an adjective:

    Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.

  5. Accidental as an adjective:

    Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.

  6. Accidental as an adjective (geometry):

    Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.

  1. Accidental as a noun:

    A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.

  2. Accidental as a noun (painting, pluralonly):

    Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

  3. Accidental as a noun (music):

    A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.

  1. Casual as an adjective:

    Happening by chance.

    Examples:

    "They only had casual meetings."

  2. Casual as an adjective:

    Coming without regularity; occasional or incidental.

    Examples:

    "The purchase of donuts was just a casual expense."

  3. Casual as an adjective:

    Employed irregularly.

    Examples:

    "He was just a casual worker."

  4. Casual as an adjective:

    Careless.

  5. Casual as an adjective:

    Happening or coming to pass without design.

  6. Casual as an adjective:

    Informal, relaxed.

  7. Casual as an adjective:

    Designed for informal or everyday use.

  1. Casual as a noun (British, Australian, NZ):

    A worker who is only working for a company occasionally, not as its permanent employee.

  2. Casual as a noun:

    A soldier temporarily at a place of duty, usually en route to another place of duty.

  3. Casual as a noun (UK):

    A member of a group of football hooligans who wear expensive designer clothing to avoid police attention; see .

  4. Casual as a noun:

    One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

  5. Casual as a noun (video games, informal, derogatory):

    A player of casual games.

    Examples:

    "usex The devs dumbed the game down so the casuals could enjoy it."

  6. Casual as a noun (British):

    (dated) A tramp.

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