The difference between Hazardous and Risky
When used as adjectives, hazardous means risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard, whereas risky means dangerous, involving risks.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hazardous and Risky
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Hazardous as an adjective:
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
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Hazardous as an adjective:
Of or involving chance.
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Risky as an adjective:
Dangerous, involving risks.
Examples:
"Investing in this start-up company could be risky."