fair chance vs chance

chance vs fair chance

fair chance and chance both are nouns.

fair chance is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

fair chance is not a verb while chance is a verb.

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

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

fair chance: a reasonable probability of success
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 fair chance include probability.

fair chance (noun)	chance (noun)
a reasonable probability of success	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

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

fair chance (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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