http://wordie.org/words/incidence Comments for the word 'Incidence' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/incidence#comments I regularly hear people use "incidence" (frequency of occurrence) in place of "incident". They are then forced into "incidences" in place of "incidents". <br /><br />definitions:<br />"<a href="/words/incident">incident</a>" is a occurrence<br />"<a href="/words/incidence">incidence</a>" is how frequently something occurs<br /><br />usage:<br />"I was there. I saw the whole incident."<br />"The incidence of <a href="/words/malapropisms">malapropisms</a> is declining." <br /><br />---<br /><br />This message has been brought to you by the nerd who read the dictionary when he was a child, and by three cups of his very strong coffee. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:32:41 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/incidence#comments