Affair vs. Event

Affairnoun

(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

Affairnoun

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

Affairnoun

(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Affairnoun

A material object (vaguely designated).

Affairnoun

An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur).

Affairnoun

A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).

Affairnoun

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

Affairnoun

A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.

Affairnoun

The (male or female) genitals.

Affairnoun

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; - often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.

Affairnoun

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

Affairnoun

An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Affairnoun

Action; endeavor.

Affairnoun

A material object (vaguely designated).

Affairnoun

a vaguely specified concern;

Affairnoun

a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Affairnoun

a vaguely specified social event;

Affairnoun

an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to

Affairnoun

a matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility

Affairnoun

matters of public interest and importance

Affairnoun

business and financial dealings

Affairnoun

a love affair

Affairnoun

an object of a particular type

Affair

An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person, who may neither agree to, nor even know of, the affair.

Eventnoun

An occurrence; something that happens.

Eventnoun

A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

Eventnoun

One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.

Eventnoun

An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).

Eventnoun

(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.

Eventnoun

(computing) A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.

Eventnoun

(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.

Eventnoun

(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

Eventnoun

(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.

Eventverb

(obsolete) To occur, take place.

Eventverb

To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.

Eventverb

To expose to the air, ventilate.

Eventnoun

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

Eventnoun

An affair in hand; business; enterprise.

Eventnoun

The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.

Eventverb

To break forth.

Eventnoun

something that happens at a given place and time

Eventnoun

a special set of circumstances;

Eventnoun

a phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory

Eventnoun

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;