possibleness vs chance

chance vs possibleness

possibleness and chance both are nouns.

possibleness is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

possibleness is not a verb while chance is a verb.

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

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

possibleness: capability of existing or happening or being true
chance: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances

Other hyponyms of possibleness include conceivability, conceivableness, achievability, attainability, attainableness, potency, potential, potentiality, opportunity.

possibleness (noun)	chance (noun)
capability of existing or happening or being true	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

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

possibleness (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 possibleness and chance

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