happen

From accident to accadĕre and then to accadiscĕre: that was the etymological evolution of happen, a verb which is used with reference to happen or occur. For example: "That speech by the president was a preview of everything that was going to happen in the country", "Scientists are trying to discover how the first mutation of the species could have occurred", "The communal chief made the governor of the province responsible for what may happen in the coming weeks".

Suppose that, in the regulation of a sport, it is indicated that any circumstance that it can happen to a player and that prevents him from continuing to compete, will be analyzed by the judges to determine if the competition will resume in the future or if, on the contrary, the victory is awarded to the rival. What can happen to the player can be an injury, a health condition or an emergency of any other kind.

Take the case of leak of a toxic substance in a lake. Authorities soon order an investigation to determine who is responsible for the contamination and to discover what consequences can happen about the people that reside around the lake and on the aquatic animals that live in it. According to the results of the analysis carried out by the specialists, the government It will punish whoever corresponds for the polluting action and will take the necessary measures to protect human beings and animals affected by the events.

One of the nuances that makes the definition of this term very interesting is its relationship with the concept of reality, whose subjectivity we tend to overlook very often. It is difficult for human beings to understand that we do not all see the same thing, that each one perceives the environment differently, and that is why we are capable of facing death if we notice ideas that are opposite to ours. But, as much as it may be to some, reality is not rigid or absolute.

That being said, since happen is, in short, "come true", it is not incorrect to say that the same fact, something that happened, can be seen in different ways according to the characteristics of each individual. It goes without saying that these are not issues related to the supernatural, visions or crossings between dimensions; you don't need to believe in anything but what daily to understand that each person experiences the same event in their own way.

Take, for example, a catastrophic event, in which material destruction and human suffering are mixed, to try to explain the differences that may exist between two points of view of the same event: After a building collapses caused by a terrorist attack, the families of the victims suffer for the deaths while the criminals rejoice at having successfully sent their message.

News of this type, therefore, can reflect the occurrence of a misfortune (for those affected by the death and suffering of many innocent people) or the occurrence of a successful terrorist operation. The reality is very different for these two very opposite groups; Similarly, the people inside the building would experience the fatal moment of the collapse each in its own way, as well as those who had economic interests related to the building would think about their pocket, unlike the rest of those involved.

Happening, on the other hand, may be the occurrence (what happens): "Many scholars focused on the cosmic occurrence". The dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy also mentions a meaning that has become obsolete, according to which the meaning of happen it is "to be present, to gather in a certain place."