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tossup vs chance

chance vs tossup

tossup and chance both are nouns.

tossup is not an adjective while chance is an adjective.

tossup is not a verb while chance is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tossup Yes No No No
chance Yes Yes Yes No
As nouns, chance is a hypernym of tossup; that is, chance is a word with a broader meaning than tossup:
  • tossup: an unpredictable phenomenon
  • chance: an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
Other hypernyms of tossup include fortune, hazard, luck.
tossup (noun) chance (noun)
an unpredictable phenomenon 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
tossup (adjective) chance (adjective)
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
tossup (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
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