Affair vs. Event
Affair and Event Definitions
Affair
Something done or experienced; a matter or event
Preparing dessert was a messy affair.
Event
Something that takes place, especially a significant occurrence.
Affair
A matter of personal concern
What I did is my own affair.
Event
A social gathering or activity
The fundraising event was held in the ballroom.
Affair
A matter causing public scandal and controversy
The Dreyfus affair.
Event
(Sports) A contest in a sports competition, such as a meet
Swimming events.
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Affair
A social function
The reception was a posh affair.
Event
(Physics) A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in spacetime, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
Affair
Transactions and other matters of professional or public business
Affairs of state.
Event
(Archaic) A final result; an outcome.
Affair
Personal business
Get one's affairs in order.
Event
An occurrence; something that happens.
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Affair
An object or a contrivance
Their first car was a ramshackle affair.
Event
A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
I went to an event in San Francisco last week.
Where will the event be held?
Affair
A sexual relationship between two people, especially when at least one of them is married or in another committed romantic relationship.
Event
One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
Affair
(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.
A difficult affair to manage
Event
An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
In the event, he turned out to have what I needed anyway.
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Affair
Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
An affair of honor, a duel;
An affair of love, an intrigue
Event
(physics) A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
Affair
(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
Event
(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.
Affair
A material object (vaguely designated).
He used a hook-shaped affair with a long handle to unlock the car.
Event
(probability theory) A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
If is a random variable representing the toss of a six-sided die, then its sample space could be denoted as {1,2,3,4,5,6}. Examples of events could be: , , and .
Affair
An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart).
When Martin's wife found out about his affair with her best friend, she asked for a divorce.
Mary had an affair with a woman from the gym.
Event
(obsolete) An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
Affair
A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).
Jerry's girlfriend said she wanted to go steady, but she was in an affair with one of his team-mates.
Event
(medicine) An episode of severe health conditions.
Affair
A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.
Event
(obsolete) To occur, take place.
Affair
A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.
Event
To be emitted or breathed out; to evaporate.
Affair
The (male or female) genitals.
Event
To expose to the air, ventilate.
Affair
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.
Event
That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.
To watch quietly the course of events.
There is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked.
Affair
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.
Event
An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
Affair
An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
Event
The consequence of anything; the issue; conclusion; result; that in which an action, operation, or series of operations, terminates.
Dark doubts between the promise and event.
Affair
Action; endeavor.
And with his best affairObeyed the pleasure of the Sun.
Event
To break forth.
Affair
A material object (vaguely designated).
A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded.
Event
Something that happens at a given place and time
Affair
A vaguely specified concern;
Several matters to attend to
It is none of your affair
Things are going well
Event
A special set of circumstances;
In that event, the first possibility is excluded
It may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
Affair
A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
Event
A phenomenon located at a single point in space-time; the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory
Affair
A vaguely specified social event;
The party was quite an affair
An occasion arranged to honor the president
A seemingly endless round of social functions
Event
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon;
The magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
His decision had depressing consequences for business
He acted very wise after the event
