chance vs potential

potential vs chance

chance and potential both are nouns.

chance and potential both are adjectives.

chance is a verb but potential is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of chance include potency, potentiality.

chance (noun)	potential (noun)
a risk involving danger	the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
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 inherent capacity for coming into being
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)	potential (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance	existing in possibility
	expected to become or be; in prospect

chance (verb)	potential (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 potential

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