potency vs chance

chance vs potency

potency and chance both are nouns.

potency is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

potency is not a verb while chance is a verb.

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

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

potency: the inherent capacity for coming into being
chance: the possibility of future success

Other hyponyms of potency include latency, prospect.

potency (noun)	chance (noun)
capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects	a risk involving danger
the power or right to give orders or make decisions	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
the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse	an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
the inherent capacity for coming into being	a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
	the possibility of future success

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

potency (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 potency and chance

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