The difference between Accidental and Voluntary

When used as nouns, accidental means a property which is not essential, whereas voluntary means a short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.

When used as adjectives, accidental means not essential, whereas voluntary means done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

Voluntary is also adverb with the meaning: voluntarily.

check bellow for the other definitions of Accidental and Voluntary

  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. Voluntary as an adjective:

    Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.

  2. Voluntary as an adjective:

    Done by design or intention; intentional.

    Examples:

    "If a man accidentally kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter."

  3. Voluntary as an adjective:

    Working or done without payment.

  4. Voluntary as an adjective:

    Endowed with the power of willing.

  5. Voluntary as an adjective:

    Of or relating to voluntarism.

    Examples:

    "a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church"

  1. Voluntary as an adverb (obsolete):

    Voluntarily.

  1. Voluntary as a noun (music):

    A short piece of music, often having improvisation, played on a solo instrument.

  2. Voluntary as a noun:

    A volunteer.

  3. Voluntary as a noun:

    A supporter of voluntarism; a voluntarist.

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