chance vs hearing

hearing vs chance

chance and hearing both are nouns.

chance and hearing both are adjectives.

chance is a verb but hearing is not a verb.

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

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

chance: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
hearing: an opportunity to state your case and be heard

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

chance (noun)	hearing (noun)
a risk involving danger	the act of hearing attentively
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	(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances	a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
the possibility of future success	the range within which a voice can be heard
	an opportunity to state your case and be heard

chance (adjective)	hearing (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance	able to perceive sound

chance (verb)	hearing (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 hearing

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