What is the difference between 'accident' and 'incident'? Can you also provide some examples, please?

Answers (3)

vote up or down the answers
irony
Accident refers to a mistake, incident refers to an unpleasant event.
on November 04, 2016
About Author
Report
Cashmere
an incident is just something that happens, not necessarily bad
and accident is something that was not meant to happen
on May 16, 2018
About Author
Report
All_hail_Melon_King
An accident: spilling your milk
An incident: plane crash
on November 06, 2016
About Author
Report