chance vs brass ring

brass ring vs chance

chance and brass ring both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but brass ring is not an adjective.

chance is a verb but brass ring is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
brass ring	Yes	No	No	No

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

chance: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
brass ring: a rich opportunity or a prize

Other hyponyms of chance include day, clean slate, fresh start, tabula rasa, audience, hearing, hunting ground, occasion, opening, room, say, crack, shot, street, throw.

chance (noun)	brass ring (noun)
a risk involving danger	a rich opportunity or a prize
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 unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
the possibility of future success

chance (adjective)	brass ring (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

chance (verb)	brass ring (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 brass ring

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