Incident and Thing

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Incident noun - Something that happens.

Usage example: the odd little incident was reported in the local paper

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Thing is a synonym for incident in occasion topic. In some cases you can use "Thing" instead a noun "Incident", when it comes to topics like happen.

Thing noun - Something that happens.

Usage example: the burglary was just one of those things that can happen anywhere

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Incident is a synonym for thing in occasion topic. You can use "Incident" instead a noun "Thing", if it concerns topics such as act, happen.

notable	notable incident	notable thing
particular	particular incident	particular thing
similar	similar incident	similar thing
certain	certain incident	certain thing
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, real, big, little, bad, terrible, horrible, interesting, minor, funny, worst, strange, bizarre, last, different, giant.

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