chance vs occasion

occasion vs chance

chance and occasion both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but occasion is not an adjective.

chance and occasion both are verbs.

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

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

chance: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
occasion: an opportunity to do something

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

chance (noun)	occasion (noun)
a risk involving danger	an event that occurs at a critical time
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	a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	a rational motive for a belief or action
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances	an opportunity to do something
the possibility of future success	the time of a particular event

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

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

Difference between chance and occasion

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