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Funguy757 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Incidence vs. Incident
Hi all,
I am new to the forum, and English is my second language. Recently, I wrote a paper to be published, and there is a comment that I do not understand. The reviewer basically asked me to reconsider the usage of the words "incidence" vs. "incident".
I wrote a paper in the field of Cyber Security. I used the following in the paper:
1. "incidence rate" to describe how fast a computer virus goes through the network and infects each node
on the network. So, should I use "incidence rate" or "incident rate"?
2. "incident handling" or "incident response" to describe how an organization should mitigate the attack or the computer virus.
In addition, I only used the word "incidence" for "incidence rate" or anything that related to the rate of virus spread. I only used the word "incident" when I want to describe an "event".
This is very important for me to understand, so I can use the correct word or term. Please HELP. Also, is there a formal way to explain this to the reviewer?
Thank you so much for your help.
Sincerely,
Chris
I am new to the forum, and English is my second language. Recently, I wrote a paper to be published, and there is a comment that I do not understand. The reviewer basically asked me to reconsider the usage of the words "incidence" vs. "incident".
I wrote a paper in the field of Cyber Security. I used the following in the paper:
1. "incidence rate" to describe how fast a computer virus goes through the network and infects each node
on the network. So, should I use "incidence rate" or "incident rate"?2. "incident handling" or "incident response" to describe how an organization should mitigate the attack or the computer virus.
In addition, I only used the word "incidence" for "incidence rate" or anything that related to the rate of virus spread. I only used the word "incident" when I want to describe an "event".
This is very important for me to understand, so I can use the correct word or term. Please HELP. Also, is there a formal way to explain this to the reviewer?
Thank you so much for your help.
Sincerely,
Chris
Top answer
com/incidence
- com/incidence
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Hi Chris;
Read the "Usage note" here, which describes the confusion between these two words:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/incidence
Read the "Usage note" here, which describes the confusion between these two words:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/incidence
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Of the two words, "incident" is much more often used (in the US) than "incidence" - so right there this should make you wary of using the less-frequently-encountered word. Moreover, "incidence" typically is used only in set expressions like: "There was a high incidence of bankruptcies last year." Furthermore, the word "incidence" means "rate," so the term "incidence rate" is fundamentally re
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I answered this question before, but my response seems to have somehow been lost. In my opinion, "incident rate" is a measure of the number of incidents per time period (e.g. per day), while "incidence rate" is a measure of the number of infections as a percentage of the total number of (relevant) computers.
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