Incident and Moment

Incident

Incident noun - Something that happens.

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Moment and incident are semantically related in event topic. In some cases you can use "Moment" instead a noun "Incident".

Moment noun - A particular point at which an event takes place.

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Incident and moment are semantically related in event topic. Sometimes you can use "Incident" instead a noun "Moment".

notable	notable incident	notable moment
particular	particular incident	particular moment
similar	similar incident	similar moment
specific	specific incident	specific moment
Other adjectives: true, single, actual, real, big, serious, embarrassing, little, infamous, amusing, humorous, memorable, famous, major, dramatic, minor, hilarious, worst, last, different.

Flashback Echo: As Althea puts ointment on Jade's cheek in the car after the incident with Wila, she recalls a similar moment where she caught Paul in an intimate moment with his assistant.

Source: Series / The Rich Mans Daughter
Which becomes a momentary nightmare moment for her in Feast of Fools, when she helps stop a similar incident.

Source: Literature / Morganville Vampires
If the incident however occurred during an off-screen moment within the plot and is never actually explained to the audience it turns into the Noodle Incident.

Source: Remember When You Blew Up a Sun?

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Moment and Incident. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/incident/moment

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