Happening and Process

Happening

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

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

Nearby Words: happen, happened

Process noun - A usually fixed or ordered series of actions or events leading to a result.

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Happening and process are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Happening" instead a noun "Process".

special	special happening	special process
real	real happening	real process
dangerous	dangerous happening	dangerous process
mysterious	mysterious happening	mysterious process
Other adjectives: inevitable, magical.

The manga also had similar issues, but at least it tried to explain some of things happening, as well as giving the characters some depth in the process.

Source: Manga / Pilot Candidate
This process is similar to how Aerith persists after her death in the Compilation titles... but with no explanation it comes across as just a bunch of stuff happening for no reason.

Source: Adaptation Explanation Extrication
In Scarface (1983), Tony is ordered to cross the Moral Event Horizon by killing a mother and her children along with an informant to save his own ass but instead he rants about how he doesn't need the guilt in his life and instead prevents the murder from happening, dooming himself in the process.

Source: Defied Trope

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Process and Happening. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/process

Happening & Process. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/happening/process>.

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