peril vs chance

chance vs peril

peril and chance both are nouns.

peril is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

peril and chance both are verbs.

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

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

peril: a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury
chance: a risk involving danger

Other hyponyms of peril include crapshoot, gamble.

peril (noun)	chance (noun)
a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury	a risk involving danger
a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune	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
a state of danger involving risk	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

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

peril (verb)	chance (verb)
put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position	come upon, as if by accident; meet with
pose a threat to; present a danger to	take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
	be the case by chance

Difference between peril and chance

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