Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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chance | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
risk | Yes | No | Yes | No |
chance (noun) | risk (noun) |
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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 | the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent |
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred |
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances | a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune |
the possibility of future success |
chance (adjective) | risk (adjective) |
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occurring or appearing or singled out by chance |
chance (verb) | risk (verb) |
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come upon, as if by accident; meet with | expose to a chance of loss or damage |
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome |
be the case by chance |