occur vs chance

chance vs occur

occur is not a noun while chance is a noun.

occur is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

occur and chance both are verbs.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of occur 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.

occur (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

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

occur (verb)	chance (verb)
come to pass	come upon, as if by accident; meet with
come to one's mind; suggest itself	take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
to be found to exist	be the case by chance

Difference between occur and chance

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