Incident is the same as the word occurance. An accident is a more specific description as to the reasons that led to that specific incident.
Although in common day sentences there is no big difference, accident is not as formal as the word incident. In other words the police would used the word incident .e.g. at the was an incident at the bus stop late last Sunday. (A public disturbance) An accident is more commonly used to describe an everyday situation. But really there is no big difference and they both generally mean a casualty caused from an action which was not meant to happen.
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An event is somthing that has happened while an incident is when somthing bad has happend
An aventure is an accident, an incident of chance or adventure, or an accident which causes a person's death without incident of felony, such as drowning.
An aventure is an accident, an incident of chance or adventure, or an accident which causes a person's death without incident of felony, such as drowning.
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When classifying a plane "crash", the FAA refers to it as either an Accident or an Incident.An Accident is when there is major damage to an airplane and/or injury or death.An Incident only involves minor damage to the airplane or a few minor injuries.Recommend the FAA or the NTSB website.ANSWER 2any accident that is caused intentionally in any way by someone is not an "accident" - an incident is any thing that happens that is not an accident as definied in the above answer - thus an intentionally caused incident, even if it is fatal or has major damage, is not an accident but an incident - hopefully that's not too confusing!Another thoughtI was always under the impression that it was simply a matter of cost. If the repairs exceeded a specific dollar amount, or man hours required for repair, then it was categorized as an accident. However, it certainly makes sense that other factors, such as injury and/or death, would be considered.
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The small car accident was an incident, and no one was hurt.
Run-in, accident, situation, etc.