chance vs take place

take place vs chance

chance is a noun but take place is not a noun.

chance is an adjective but take place is not an adjective.

chance and take place both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
chance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
take place	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, take place is a hypernym of chance; that is, take place is a word with a broader meaning than chance:

chance: be the case by chance
take place: come to pass

Other hypernyms of chance include come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off.

chance (noun)	take place (noun)
a risk involving danger
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)	take place (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

chance (verb)	take place (verb)
come upon, as if by accident; meet with	come to pass
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
be the case by chance

Difference between chance and take place

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