chance vs peril

peril vs chance

chance and peril both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but peril is not an adjective.

chance and peril both are verbs.

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

As nouns, peril is a hypernym of chance; that is, peril is a word with a broader meaning than chance:

chance: a risk involving danger
peril: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury

Other hypernyms of chance include danger, risk.

chance (noun)	peril (noun)
a risk involving danger	a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
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 source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	a state of danger involving risk
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
the possibility of future success

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

chance (verb)	peril (verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with	put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome	pose a threat to; present a danger to
be the case by chance

Difference between chance and peril

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