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Daotiensinh Posted 15 years ago
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Chance and Opportunity
Fire and Dissmiss

Could you tell me what the diffirence is in use of those words.
  

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daotiensinh Chance and Opportunity Fire and Dissmiss CHANCE can mean OPPORTUNITY: "This is my CHANCE to prove myself" (CHANCE can be replaced with OPPORTUNITY with exactly the same meaning). CHANCE can also refer to random events: "I won the game, but it was purely by CHANCE". OPPORTUNITY can't be used instead of CHANCE.

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  • daotiensinh Chance and Opportunity Fire and Dissmiss CHANCE can mean OPPORTUNITY: "This is my CHANCE to prove myself" (CHANCE can be replaced with OPPORTUNITY with exactly the same meaning).
  • CHANCE can also refer to random events: "I won the game, but it was purely by CHANCE".
  • OPPORTUNITY can't be used instead of CHANCE.
  • Or "There's a good CHANCE we will succeed", again you can't use OPPORTUNITY.
  • OPPORTUNITY has a very specific meaning.
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daotiensinhChance and Opportunity
Fire and Dissmiss
CHANCE can mean OPPORTUNITY: "This is my CHANCE to prove myself" (CHANCE can be replaced with OPPORTUNITY with exactly the same meaning).
CHANCE can also refer to random events: "I won the game, but it was purely by CHANCE". OPPORTUNITY can't be used instead of CHANCE.
Or "There's a good CHANCE we will su
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