fat chance vs chance

chance vs fat chance

fat chance and chance both are nouns.

fat chance is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

fat chance is not a verb while chance is a verb.

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

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

fat chance: little or no chance 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 fat chance include probability.

fat chance (noun)	chance (noun)
little or no chance 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

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

fat 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

Difference between fat chance and chance

Words related to "fat chance"

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.