come about vs chance

chance vs come about

come about is not a noun while chance is a noun.

come about is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

come about and chance both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come about	No	No	Yes	No
chance	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

As verbs, chance is a hyponym of come about; that is, chance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than come about:

come about: come to pass
chance: be the case by chance

Other hyponyms of come about include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

come about (noun)	chance (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

come about (adjective)	chance (adjective)
	occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

come about (verb)	chance (verb)
come to pass	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 come about and chance

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