happening vs occurrent

happening

noun
  • Something that happens. 

  • A spontaneous or improvised event, especially one that involves audience participation. 

adj
  • Trendy, up-to-the-minute. 

  • Busy, lively; vibrant, dynamic; fashionable. 

occurrent

noun
  • An event, something that occurs. 

  • One who comes to meet another. 

adj
  • Pertaining to occurrence; having to do with an occurrence. 

  • Current, actual, occurring. 

How often have the words happening and occurrent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )