chance vs possibleness

possibleness vs chance

chance and possibleness both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but possibleness is not an adjective.

chance is a verb but possibleness is not a verb.

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

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

chance: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
possibleness: capability of existing or happening or being true

Other hypernyms of chance include possibility.

chance (noun)	possibleness (noun)
a risk involving danger	capability of existing or happening or being true
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)	possibleness (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

chance (verb)	possibleness (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 possibleness

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