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chance vs seek

seek vs chance

chance and seek both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but seek is not an adjective.

chance and seek both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
chance Yes Yes Yes No
seek Yes No Yes No
As verbs, seek is a hypernym of chance; that is, seek is a word with a broader meaning than chance:
  • chance: take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  • seek: make an effort or attempt
Other hypernyms of chance include assay, attempt, essay, try.
chance (noun) seek (noun)
a risk involving danger the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
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) seek (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
chance (verb) seek (verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with inquire for
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
be the case by chance go to or towards
try to get or reach
make an effort or attempt
Difference between chance and seek

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