chance vs bad luck

bad luck vs chance

chance and bad luck both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but bad luck is not an adjective.

chance is a verb but bad luck is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
bad luck	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, bad luck is a hyponym of chance; that is, bad luck is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chance:

chance: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
bad luck: an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate

Other hyponyms of chance include mischance, mishap, even chance, toss-up, tossup.

chance (noun)	bad luck (noun)
a risk involving danger	unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
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 unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
the possibility of future success

chance (adjective)	bad luck (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

chance (verb)	bad luck (verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
be the case by chance

Difference between chance and bad luck

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