Effect and Happening

Effect

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Happening and effect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Happening" instead a noun "Effect".

Happening noun - An exciting or noteworthy event that one experiences firsthand.

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Effect and happening are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effect" instead a noun "Happening".

Nearby Words: happen, happened

good	good effect	good happening
special	special effect	special happening
specific	specific effect	specific happening
reverse	reverse effect	reverse happening
Other adjectives: obvious, real, little, bad, main, minor, significant, strange, magical.

Not to be confused with something awesome happening off-screen, where the awesomeness's effect was probably justified by something tangible actually happening.

Source: Awesomeness Is a Force
The joke of the PLOT effect is, of course, that it is also representing the sound of what's happening.

Source: Unsound Effect
Masquerade: Wadsworth believes that Broodhollow has this in effect because no one else notices the strange things happening.

Source: Webcomic / Broodhollow

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