chance vs potency

potency vs chance

chance and potency both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but potency is not an adjective.

chance is a verb but potency is not a verb.

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

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

chance: the possibility of future success
potency: the inherent capacity for coming into being

Other hypernyms of chance include potential, potentiality.

chance (noun)	potency (noun)
a risk involving danger	capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects
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	the power or right to give orders or make decisions
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another	the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances	the inherent capacity for coming into being
the possibility of future success

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

chance (verb)	potency (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 potency

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