The difference between Happen and Hold

When used as verbs, happen means to occur or take place, whereas hold means to grasp or grip.

Happen is also adverb with the meaning: maybe, perhaps.

Hold is also noun with the meaning: a grasp or grip.

Hold is also adjective with the meaning: gracious.

check bellow for the other definitions of Happen and Hold

  1. Happen as a verb (intransitive):

    To occur or take place.

    Examples:

    "Let me tell you how it happened."

  2. Happen as a verb (transitive, archaic):

    To happen to; to befall.

  3. Happen as a verb (intransitive, _, or, _, impersonal, with infinitive):

    To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

    Examples:

    "Take an umbrella in case it happens to rain."

    "Do you happen to have an umbrella?"

    "I happened to get wet."

  4. Happen as a verb (followed by, _, {{m, on):

    or }} To encounter by chance.

  1. Happen as an adverb:

    maybe, perhaps.

  1. Hold as a verb (transitive):

    To grasp or grip.

    Examples:

    "'Hold the pencil like this."

  2. Hold as a verb (transitive):

    To contain or store.

    Examples:

    "This package holds six bottles."

  3. Hold as a verb:

    To maintain or keep to a position or state. To have and keep possession of something. To reserve. To cause to wait or delay. To detain. To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person). To keep oneself in a particular state. To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain. To bear, carry, or manage. Not to move; to halt; to stop. Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued. To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.

    Examples:

    "'Hold my coat for me.  nowrap The general ordered the colonel to hold his position at all costs."

    "'Hold a table for us at 7:00."

    "'Hold the elevator."

    "'Hold the suspect in this cell."

    "to hold true;  The proposition holds."

    "to hold firm;  to hold opinions"

    "He holds himself proudly erect.  Hold your head high."

    "to hold one's bladder;  to hold one's breath"

  4. Hold as a verb:

    To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions. To maintain, to consider, to opine. To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions. To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain. To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain. To restrain oneself; to refrain; to hold back.

    Examples:

    "He was held responsible for the actions of those under his command.  nowrap I'll hold him to that promise."

  5. Hold as a verb (tennis, ambitransitive):

    To win one's own service game.

  6. Hold as a verb:

    To take place, to occur.

  7. Hold as a verb:

    To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).

    Examples:

    "Elections will be held on the first Sunday of next month."

  8. Hold as a verb (archaic):

    To derive right or title.

  1. Hold as a noun:

    A grasp or grip.

    Examples:

    "Keep a firm hold on the handlebars."

  2. Hold as a noun:

    A place where animals are held for safety

  3. Hold as a noun:

    An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.

    Examples:

    "Senator X placed a hold on the bill, then went to the library and placed a hold on a book."

  4. Hold as a noun:

    Something reserved or kept.

    Examples:

    "We have a hold here for you."

  5. Hold as a noun:

    Power over someone or something.

  6. Hold as a noun:

    The ability to persist.

  7. Hold as a noun:

    The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.

  8. Hold as a noun (wrestling):

    A position or grip used to control the opponent.

    Examples:

    "He got him in a tight hold and pinned him to the mat."

  9. Hold as a noun (exercise):

    An exercise involving holding a position for a set time

  10. Hold as a noun ([[gambling]]):

    The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.

    Examples:

    "The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume."

  11. Hold as a noun ([[gambling]]):

    The wager amount, the total hold.

    Examples:

    "As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015"

  12. Hold as a noun (tennis):

    An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.

  13. Hold as a noun:

    The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.

  14. Hold as a noun:

    A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.

  15. Hold as a noun (video games, dated):

    A pause facility.

  16. Hold as a noun:

    The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.

  17. Hold as a noun (baseball):

    A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.

  1. Hold as an adjective (obsolete):

    Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.

  1. Hold as a noun (nautical, aviation):

    The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

    Examples:

    "Put that in the hold."

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