nnoun.eventan event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent eventsSynset:inception origin
Derivationally Related Form:originate
Hypernyms:beginning
Inherited Hypernyms:originbeginninghappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:causeemanationgerminationoverturepreliminarypreludeprocessionrise
Full Hyponyms:antecedentcauseemanationetiologyfactorfundamentalgerminationgrowth hormone-releasing factorinsertional mutagenesisintrinsic factormutagenesisparameterpreliminaryproducerreleasing factorunknown quantitywild card
nnoun.actthe act of starting something for the first time; introducing something newSynset:creation foundation founding initiation innovation instauration institution introduction
Examples:- she looked forward to her initiation as an adult
- the foundation of a new scientific society
Derivationally Related Form:innovatecreateinnovationalinitiatefoundinstitutionaliseinstituteoriginate
Hypernyms:beginning commencement start
Inherited Hypernyms:initiationbeginningchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:authorshippaternity