Key
Incidence means 'the number of times something
happens'.
Incident means 'an event that is unusual, important
or violent'.
- incidence
The incidence of colds goes up in winter.
There is a high incidence of malaria in the tropics.
Smokers have the highest incidence of respiratory diseases.
- incident
It was just an isolated incident.
The plane landed without incident.
She was involved in the incident.
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