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Question
Frame illustrative sentence to distinguish the meaning of the word in the following cluster.
accident – incident – incidence
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Solution
The accident took place in front of the hospital.
The incident of the French camp is an interesting poem.
The rising incidence of cross-border terror attacks has annoyed India.
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