What's the difference between chance and discover?

Chance


Definition:

  • (n.) A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
  • (n.) The operation or activity of such agent.
  • (n.) The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.
  • (n.) A possibility; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.
  • (n.) Probability.
  • (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.
  • (v. t.) To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.
  • (v. t.) To befall; to happen to.
  • (a.) Happening by chance; casual.
  • (adv.) By chance; perchance.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As the percentage of rabbit feed is very small compared to the bulk of animal feeds, there is a fair chance that rabbit feed will be contaminated with constituents (additives) of batches previously prepared for other animals.
  • (2) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
  • (3) It is a moment to be grateful for what remains of Labour's hard left: an amendment to scrap the cap was at least tabled by John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn but stood no chance.
  • (4) In this way they offer the doctor the chance of preventing genetic handicaps that cannot be obtained by natural reproduction, and that therefore should be used.
  • (5) The M&S Current Account, which has no monthly fee, is available from 15 May and is offering people the chance to bank and shop under one roof.
  • (6) The hosts had resisted through the early stages, emulating their rugged first-half displays against Manchester United and Arsenal here this season, and even mustered a flurry of half-chances just before the interval to offer a reminder they might glean greater reward thereafter.
  • (7) The visitors did have a chance to pull another back with three minutes remaining but Henry blazed a free-kick from within range on the left over the bar, summing up Wolves’ day out in the East Midlands.
  • (8) Lipoprotein(a) was discovered by chance by Berg in 1963; after twenty years of research, the chemical, physical and metabolic characteristics of Lp(a) are now known.
  • (9) There was a greater chance for the regeneration of a connective tissue attachment in nongrafted intrabony defects than in grafted defects; new cellular cementum formed equally well on old cementum, dentin, or both old cementum and dentin in the same defect.
  • (10) Don't we by chance come across this reciprocal spiral perspective when two people distrust one another without actually showing it?
  • (11) All 17 candidates are going to be participating in debate night and I think that’s a wonderful opportunity Reince Priebus Republican party officials have defended the decision to limit participation, pointing out that the chasing pack will get a chance to debate separately before the main event.
  • (12) The review will now be delayed for five years, leaving the next election to be fought on the existing constituency boundaries, and seriously damaging David Cameron's chances of winning an overall majority in 2015.
  • (13) Nevertheless, Richard Bacon MP, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, who has tirelessly tracked failings in NHS IT, said last night: "I think the chances that Lorenzo will be turned into a credible and popular product are vanishingly small.
  • (14) This may help in selecting drugs with good chances of being effective in patients with HIV-related disease.
  • (15) After all, as Albarella says: “There aren’t any second chances with water.
  • (16) Tottenham not interested in topping Arsenal, says Mauricio Pochettino Read more The second half was less frenetic, with the space much tighter and the chances fewer.
  • (17) The morning papers, like many papers last week, were full of stories about Brown's survival chances.
  • (18) Case 1: A 63-year-old woman, who had no urological symptoms, was pointed out of a cystic mass in the left kidney by chance.
  • (19) The patient with a cholesteatoma in an only hearing ear presents a management dilemma: how best to treat the patient to minimize the chances of developing a severe hearing loss in that ear.
  • (20) There was praise for existing programmes such as the Ferguson Youth Initiative, which gives young people the chance to earn a bike or a computer.

Discover


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To uncover.
  • (v. t.) To disclose; to lay open to view; to make visible; to reveal; to make known; to show (what has been secret, unseen, or unknown).
  • (v. t.) To obtain for the first time sight or knowledge of, as of a thing existing already, but not perceived or known; to find; to ascertain; to espy; to detect.
  • (v. t.) To manifest without design; to show.
  • (v. t.) To explore; to examine.
  • (v. i.) To discover or show one's self.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
  • (2) Accidentally discovered nearly 40 years ago as the first true antidepressants, the MAOIs soon fell into disfavor due to concerns about toxicity and seemingly lesser efficacy compared with the newer tricyclic compounds.
  • (3) Instead, the White House opted for a low-key approach, publishing a blogpost profiling Trinace Edwards, a brain-tumour victim who recently discovered she was eligible for Medicaid coverage.
  • (4) In each of these sub-groups, 4 micropapilliform cancers discovered at the occasion of a histopathological test.
  • (5) By measurement and analysis of the changes in carpal angles and joint spaces, carpal instability was discovered in 41 fractures, an incidence of 30.6%.
  • (6) The authors studied 84 randomly selected participants who live in retirement communities to discover factors leading to successful completion of a wellness enhancing program.
  • (7) Size comparison of the newly discovered Msp I fragment with a restriction map of the apolipoprotein A-I gene revealed that most likely the cutting site at the 5'-end of the normally seen 673 bp fragment is lost giving rise to the observed 719 bp Msp I fragment.
  • (8) Scientists at the University of Trento, Italy, have discovered that the way a dog's tail moves is linked to its mood, and by observing each other's tails, dogs can adjust their behaviour accordingly .
  • (9) Lipoprotein(a) was discovered by chance by Berg in 1963; after twenty years of research, the chemical, physical and metabolic characteristics of Lp(a) are now known.
  • (10) Initially, it was discovered that human hemoglobin contains protein-bound Amadori-products that are increased in diabetic patients with elevated blood glucose levels.
  • (11) A prospective randomized study was carried out to discover the influence of the timing of shoulder physiotherapy after-axillary dissection for breast cancer upon the incidence and duration of lymphatic fluid production and seroma after these operations.
  • (12) In October, an episode of South Park saw the whole town go gluten-free (the stuff, it was discovered, made one’s penis fly off).
  • (13) An ice axe, assumed to belong to Irvine, had been discovered in 1933 by the fourth British expedition to the mountain.
  • (14) A deficient G-6PD variant was discovered in 4 males of one family from northwestern Germany.
  • (15) In the both groups, the HPV signs had been more frequently discovered in the younger women.
  • (16) A new protein of feline infectious peritonitis coronavirus (FIPV) was discovered in lysates of [35S]cysteine-labeled infected cells.
  • (17) Nintendo’s share price on the Tokyo Stock Exchange has plummeted 17% in one day, apparently due to investors belatedly discovering that the company doesn’t actually make Pokémon Go , the latest mobile gaming phenomenon.
  • (18) A guide, £44pp, is compulsory ( rscn.org.jo ) 2 Discover the Nuweiba coast: Red Sea, Egypt Beach, Nuweiba, Sinai, Egypt.
  • (19) We present a case of carcinoid heart disease and cardiac metastases discovered during a myocardial infarction in a 64 years-old woman who was treated for carcinod of the thymus.
  • (20) This postoperative surveillance was aimed at discovering benign or malignant neoplastic growth within the remaining large bowel.