exceedance vs chance

chance vs exceedance

exceedance and chance both are nouns.

exceedance is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

exceedance is not a verb while chance is a verb.

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

As nouns, chance is a hypernym of exceedance; that is, chance is a word with a broader meaning than exceedance:

exceedance: (geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time
chance: 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

Other hypernyms of exceedance include probability.

exceedance (noun)	chance (noun)
(geology) the probability that an earthquake will generate a level of ground motion that exceeds a specified reference level during a given exposure time	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

exceedance (adjective)	chance (adjective)
	occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

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

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