chance vs assay

assay vs chance

chance and assay both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but assay is not an adjective.

chance and assay both are verbs.

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

As verbs, assay is a hypernym of chance; that is, assay is a word with a broader meaning than chance:

chance: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
assay: make an effort or attempt

Other hypernyms of chance include attempt, essay, seek, try.

chance (noun)	assay (noun)
a risk involving danger	a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.
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	an appraisal of the state of affairs
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances	a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
the possibility of future success

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

chance (verb)	assay (verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with	analyze (chemical substances)
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome	make an effort or attempt
be the case by chance

Difference between chance and assay

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.