chance vs tossup

tossup vs chance

chance and tossup both are nouns.

chance is an adjective but tossup is not an adjective.

chance is a verb but tossup is not a verb.

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

As nouns, tossup is a hyponym of chance; that is, tossup is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than chance:

chance: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
tossup: an unpredictable phenomenon

Other hyponyms of chance include bad luck, mischance, mishap, even chance, toss-up.

chance (noun)	tossup (noun)
a risk involving danger	an unpredictable phenomenon
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)	tossup (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

chance (verb)	tossup (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 tossup

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