When I use a word, and when should I use another??
Get me out of a doubt, I can choose any of these words "going on" and "happening" to speak or write, or depends on the sentence that will be said or spoken to choose which phrase to use at the right time?

For example:

What happening?

What's going on?

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When I use a word, and when should I use another??
Get me out of a doubt, I can choose any of these words "going on" and "happening" to speak or write, or depends on the sentence that will be said or spoken to choose which phrase to use at the right time?

For example:

What happening?

What's going on?

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Another colloquial version of the same thing is "What's up?" Or in the U.S.A. "Waasuup!!

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They both mean the same thing. :)

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'Going on'  is only used when you say 'what's going on?'. I can't think of any other sentence that uses 'going on' with this definition. 'Going' and 'on' can be used together to refer to something ongoing or continuing ex. the train is going on to the next city, but that isn't the same thing.

They're exactly the same when saying 'what's going on?', but use 'happening' any other time.

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What's happening = What's going on
They're the same.

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