development vs incident

development

noun
  • Something which has developed. 

  • The process of developing; growth, directed change. 

  • A project consisting of one or more commercial or residential buildings. 

  • The active placement of the pieces, or the process of achieving it. 

  • The expression of a function in the form of a series. 

  • The building of such a project. 

  • The application of new ideas to practical problems (cf. research). 

  • The process by in which previous material is transformed and restated. 

  • The second section of a piece of music in sonata form, in which the original theme is revisited in altered and varying form. 

  • The process by which a mature multicellular organism or part of an organism is produced by the addition of new cells. 

incident

noun
  • An event or occurrence. 

  • An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error. 

  • A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others. 

adj
  • Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal. 

  • Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining. 

  • Arising as the result of an event, inherent. 

  • Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous. 

  • Falling on or striking a surface. 

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