What's the difference between happen and transpire?

Happen


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.
  • (v. i.) To take place; to occur.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He is also the foremost theorist of the Tijuana-San Diego border in terms of what happens when the urban culture of the developing world collides with that of the developed world.
  • (2) Would people feel differently about it if, for instance, it happened on Boxing Day or Christmas Eve?
  • (3) "At the same time, however, we cannot allow one man's untrue version of what happened to stand unchallenged," he said.
  • (4) I think part of it is you can either go places where that's bound to happen.
  • (5) These results do not support the view that in the rat pheromones from adult males enhance puberty in females, contrary to what is known to happen in the mouse.
  • (6) The only way we can change it, is if we get people to look in and understand what is happening.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dean, Clare and their baby son.
  • (7) That is what needs to happen for this company, which started out as a rebellious presence in the business, determined to get credit for its creative visionaries.
  • (8) "David Cameron has lost control of what's happening in the NHS.
  • (9) The small print revealed that Osborne claimed a fall in borrowing largely by factoring in the proceeds of a 4G telecomms auction that has not yet happened.
  • (10) She was clearly elected on a pledge not to cut school funding and that’s exactly what is happening,” Corbyn said.
  • (11) Urban hives boom could be 'bad for bees' What happened: Two professors from a University of Sussex laboratory are urging wannabe-urban beekeepers to consider planting more flowers instead of taking up the increasingly popular hobby.
  • (12) It happens to anyone and everyone and this has been an 11-year battle.” Emergency services were called to the oval about 6.30pm to treat Luke for head injuries, but were unable to revive him.
  • (13) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
  • (14) At present, fewer than 20% do so, with more than half of all deaths happening in hospital and the rest in hospices or care homes.
  • (15) It mostly happens to strong men whose biceps muscle are contracted and overstretched unexpectedly.
  • (16) However, I’m behaving as if it’s all going to happen as planned.” It has certainly been a long road to production.
  • (17) There is no evidence to support the move to seven-day services, there is no evidence of what is going to happen if we divert our resources away from the week to weekends.
  • (18) Some factors of resistance (such as side benefits) happen in reactive and neurotic depressions and are independent of the pharmacological action.
  • (19) It is important for this commission to get to the truth of what happened and it's able to carry on without interference and disruption.
  • (20) And would all Labour cabinet ministers be as willing to work closely with Lib Dem ministers of state, as happens now, though with some spiky exceptions?

Transpire


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.
  • (v. i.) To evaporate from living cells.
  • (v. i.) To escape from secrecy; to become public; as, the proceedings of the council soon transpired.
  • (v. i.) To happen or come to pass; to occur.
  • (v. t.) To excrete through the skin; to give off in the form of vapor; to exhale; to perspire.
  • (v. t.) To evaporate (moisture) from living cells.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It transpired that in 65% of the analysed advertisements explicit or implicit claims were made.
  • (2) 9.59am GMT Summary We’ll leave you with a summary of what transpired here throughout the day: • Julia Gillard announced a contest for her position as prime minister following calls by Simon Crean, a senior minister in her government, for her to be replaced by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd • Shortly before the ballot was to take place Kevin Rudd announced he would not stand for the Labor Party leadership , re-iterating his promise to the Australian people that he would not challenge Julia Gillard • When it came time for the ballot, Gillard was the only person who stood for the leadership and she and her deputy Wayne Swan were elected unopposed .
  • (3) The major change in attitude involved the realization that the density- and frequency-independent selection discussed by most population geneticists has little bearing on events transpiring within natural populations; instead, natural selection should be viewed primarily as a density- and frequency-dependent phenomenon.
  • (4) the weight difference between produced CO2 and consumed O2, water loss through the lungs and transpiration through the skin.
  • (5) However, it later transpired that she had done a reading for Dowling two years earlier.
  • (6) When it transpired that he had, if not in the way he might have wanted, he and his corner leapt in the air, before the realization of the ugly mood of the crowd muted the celebrations.
  • (7) "I and the [enquiry] panel were surprised that the level of preparation, for a weather event that was off the radar, was not much better than transpired," he said.
  • (8) Moreover pain transpire very quickly and does not always last very long.
  • (9) But now it transpires that getting bombed by fighter jets in your own home is not part of anybody’s culture.
  • (10) It would transpire that, by happy chance, the virus was maximally infective only when patients were at their most unwell and usually already in hospital.
  • (11) Since transpiration rate variations should theoretically affect only the rate and not the extent of leaf H2(18O) fractionation, the respective time courses for water-stressed and control leaf H2(18O) accumulations were compared.
  • (12) It transpired that 45% of the child population had encountered varicella at preschool age and another 45% during the attendance of school.
  • (13) It transpires that this bizarre and unnecessary connecting of the strike to terrorism (made within a week of the Paris attacks) was approved by Jeremy Hunt’s office.
  • (14) when it transpires that one of the channel's hot new stars will be Lebedev himself.
  • (15) It transpired that she had visited Butler 190 times, including during court proceedings.
  • (16) Miles Carroll, a virologist and head of research at Public Health England’s national infection service, who is conducting a separate study on survivors in Guinea, said it may yet transpire that samples with the higher levels of neutralising antibody were more effective.
  • (17) Sinopec has filed a motion to dismiss Sun’s claim, challenging the US as the appropriate jurisdiction for the suit – it suggests China is the appropriate place for the hearing – adding that even if actions had transpired as Sun claimed, it would not amount to what he suggested.
  • (18) Approved memories can be purchased in the gift shop.” But it transpires that the draconian rule, which was first introduced for the blockbusting David Bowie exhibition in 2013, has nothing to do with protecting intellectual property.
  • (19) But now it transpires that foreign nationals have heard about our generous system (which dates back to the Magna Carta in 1215 – or similar), and they want in.
  • (20) It later transpired – through documents that were apparently leaked to the press with Jobs's approval – that he had a liver transplant at the Methodist University Hospital Transplant Institute in Memphis, Tennessee.