different between happen vs income

English

Etymology

From Middle English happenen, hapnen, augmented from Middle English happen (“to come to pass, happen”), perhaps from Old English hæppan (“to move accidentally, slip”) and/or from Old Norse *happa, *heppa, from Proto-Germanic *hampijan? (“to fit in, be fitting”). Equivalent to hap (“a chance, occurrence, byfall”) +? -en (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hæp?n/
• Rhymes: -æp?n

Verb

happen (third-person singular simple present happens, present participle happening, simple past and past participle happened)

1. (intransitive) To occur or take place.

   Synonyms: come to pass; see also Thesaurus:happen

2. (transitive, archaic) To happen to; to befall.
3. (intransitive or impersonal, with infinitive) To do or occur by chance or unexpectedly.

4. (followed by on or upon) To encounter by chance.
   • 1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, ch. 30:

     Unexpectedly, in a nook close by the farmhouse, he happened upon a spot where the vintage had actually commenced.

Usage notes

• In the sense which indicates a chance occurrence, happen is a catenative verb that takes the to-infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

Related terms

• happening
• happenstance

Translations

Adverb

happen (not comparable)

1. (obsolete or dialect) maybe, perhaps.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???p?(n)/
• Rhymes: -?p?n

Verb

happen

1. to take a bite

Inflection

Noun

happen

1. Plural form of hap

English

Etymology

From Middle English income, perhaps continuing (in altered form) Old English incyme (“an in-coming, entrance”), equivalent to in- +? come. Cognate with Dutch inkomen (“income, earnings, gainings”), German Einkommen (“income, earnings, competence”), Icelandic innkváma (“income”), Danish indkomst (“income”), Swedish inkomst (“income”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n?k?m/

Noun

income (countable and uncountable, plural incomes)

1. Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
   • 2010 Dec. 4, Evan Thomas, "Why It’s Time to Worry", Newsweek (retrieved 16 June 2013):

     In 1970 the richest 1 percent made 9 percent of the nation’s income; now that top slice makes closer to 25 percent.
2. (business, commerce) Money coming in to a fund, account, or policy.
3. (obsolete) A coming in; arrival; entrance; introduction.
   • 1667, George Rust, A Funeral Sermon, preached at the obsequies of […] Jeremy Lord Bishop of Down

     more abundant incomes of light and strength from God
4. (archaic or dialectal, Scotland) A newcomer or arrival; an incomer.
5. (obsolete) An entrance-fee.
6. (archaic) A coming in as by influx or inspiration, hence, an inspired quality or characteristic, as courage or zeal; an inflowing principle.
7. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) A disease or ailment without known or apparent cause, as distinguished from one induced by accident or contagion; an oncome.
8. That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food.

Antonyms

• (money coming in): outgo

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• come in