The difference between Chance and Trick

When used as nouns, chance means an opportunity or possibility, whereas trick means something designed to fool or swindle.

When used as verbs, chance means to happen by chance, to occur, whereas trick means to fool.

When used as adjectives, chance means happening by chance, casual, whereas trick means stylish or cool.

Chance is also adverb with the meaning: perchance.

check bellow for the other definitions of Chance and Trick

  1. Chance as a noun (countable):

    An opportunity or possibility.

    Examples:

    "We had the chance to meet the president last week."

  2. Chance as a noun (uncountable):

    Random occurrence; luck.

    Examples:

    "Why leave it to chance when a few simple steps will secure the desired outcome?"

  3. Chance as a noun (countable):

    The probability of something happening.

    Examples:

    "There is a 30 percent chance of rain tomorrow."

  4. Chance as a noun (countable, archaic):

    What befalls or happens to a person; their lot or fate.

  1. Chance as an adjective:

    Happening by chance, casual.

  1. Chance as an adverb (obsolete):

    Perchance; perhaps.

  1. Chance as a verb (archaic, intransitive):

    To happen by chance, to occur.

    Examples:

    "It chanced that I found a solution the very next day."

  2. Chance as a verb (archaic, transitive):

    To befall; to happen to.

  3. Chance as a verb:

    To try or risk.

    Examples:

    "Shall we carry the umbrella, or chance a rainstorm?"

  4. Chance as a verb:

    To discover something by chance.

    Examples:

    "He chanced upon a kindly stranger who showed him the way."

  5. Chance as a verb (Belize):

    To rob, cheat or swindle someone.

    Examples:

    "I was chanced out of my money by that fast-talking salesman."

  1. Trick as an adjective (slang):

    Stylish or cool.

    Examples:

    "Wow, your new sportscar is so trick."

  1. Trick as a noun:

    Something designed to fool or swindle.

    Examples:

    "It was just a trick to say that the house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a noun:

    A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.

    Examples:

    "And for my next trick, I will pull a wombat out of a duffel bag."

  3. Trick as a noun:

    An entertaining difficult physical action.

    Examples:

    "That's a nice skateboard, but can you do any tricks on it?"

  4. Trick as a noun:

    An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.

    Examples:

    "'tricks of the trade; what's the trick of getting this chair to fold up?"

  5. Trick as a noun:

    Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.

    Examples:

    "the tricks of boys"

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  6. Trick as a noun (dated):

    A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.

    Examples:

    "a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning"

  7. Trick as a noun:

    A knot, braid, or plait of hair.

    Examples:

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  8. Trick as a noun (card games):

    A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.

    Examples:

    "I was able to take the second trick with the queen of hearts."

  9. Trick as a noun (slang):

    An act of prostitution.

    Examples:

    "At the worst point, she was turning ten tricks a day."

  10. Trick as a noun (slang):

    A customer to a prostitute.

    Examples:

    "As the businessman rounded the corner, she thought, "Here comes another trick."

  11. Trick as a noun:

    A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.

  12. Trick as a noun (nautical):

    A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.

  13. Trick as a noun:

    A toy; a trifle; a plaything.

    Examples:

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  1. Trick as a verb (transitive):

    To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.

    Examples:

    "You tried to trick me when you said that house was underpriced."

  2. Trick as a verb (heraldry):

    To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).

  3. Trick as a verb:

    To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

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