chance vs amount

amount vs chance

chance and amount both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but amount is not an adjective.

chance and amount both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
amount	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, amount is a hypernym of chance; that is, amount is a word with a broader meaning than chance:

chance: a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
amount: how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

Other hypernyms of chance include measure, quantity.

chance (noun)	amount (noun)
a risk involving danger	how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible	the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances	a quantity of money
the possibility of future success

chance (adjective)	amount (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

chance (verb)	amount (verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with	to measure up to in kind or quality
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome	add up in number or quantity
be the case by chance	be tantamount or equivalent to

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