The difference between Event and Phenomenon

When used as nouns, event means an occurrence, whereas phenomenon means a thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses.


Event is also verb with the meaning: to occur, take place.

check bellow for the other definitions of Event and Phenomenon

  1. Event as a noun:

    An occurrence; something that happens.

  2. Event as a noun:

    A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

    Examples:

    "I went to an event in San Francisco last week."

    "Where will the event be held?"

  3. Event as a noun:

    One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.

  4. Event as a noun:

    An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

    Examples:

    "In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway."

  5. Event as a noun (physics):

    A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.

  6. Event as a noun (computing):

    A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.

  7. Event as a noun (probability theory):

    A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

    Examples:

    "If <math>X</math> is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: <math>X = 1</math>, <math>X = 2</math>, <math> X \ge 5, X \not = 4,</math> and <math>X \isin \{1,3,5\}</math>."

  8. Event as a noun (obsolete):

    An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

  9. Event as a noun (medicine):

    An episode of severe health conditions.

  1. Event as a verb (obsolete):

    To occur, take place.

  1. Event as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):

    To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.

  2. Event as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To expose to the air, ventilate.

  1. Phenomenon as a noun:

    A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.

  2. Phenomenon as a noun:

    (extension) A knowable thing or event (eg by inference, especially in science).

  3. Phenomenon as a noun:

    (metonymy) A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).

  4. Phenomenon as a noun:

    Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.

  5. Phenomenon as a noun:

    A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.

  6. Phenomenon as a noun:

    A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.

  7. Phenomenon as a noun (philosophy, chiefly, [[Kantian]], _, [[idealism]]):

    An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).