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
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Event as a noun:
An occurrence; something that happens.
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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?"
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Event as a noun:
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
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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."
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Event as a noun (physics):
A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
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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.
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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>."
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Event as a noun (obsolete):
An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
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Event as a noun (medicine):
An episode of severe health conditions.
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Event as a verb (obsolete):
To occur, take place.
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Event as a verb (obsolete, intransitive):
To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
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Event as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To expose to the air, ventilate.
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Phenomenon as a noun:
A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
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Phenomenon as a noun:
(extension) A knowable thing or event (eg by inference, especially in science).
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Phenomenon as a noun:
(metonymy) A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2).
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Phenomenon as a noun:
Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
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Phenomenon as a noun:
A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
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Phenomenon as a noun:
A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
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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).
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