potentiality vs chance

chance vs potentiality

potentiality and chance both are nouns.

potentiality is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

potentiality is not a verb while chance is a verb.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of potentiality include latency, prospect.

potentiality (noun)	chance (noun)
an aptitude that may be developed	a risk involving danger
the inherent capacity for coming into being	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

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

potentiality (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 potentiality and chance

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