Chance and opportunity are very similar. Let’s say you are looking for a job and someone calls you for an interview. Since you have the interview you have a “chance” to really get the job – but chance refers a little more to the things that are out of your control (like the odds of rolling the dice … maybe you have a 1 in 3 chance of really getting the job). You also have the “opportunity” to work hard at making a good impression, managing all the factors that are in your control. Hope that helps … Doug

Chance and opportunity mean the same thing. Although, it's worth noting that Chance is a statistical term. for example: There's a 50% chance of rain today There's a 25% chance you'll get a blue m&m out of the bag next. Chances are I will score better than my friends will on that test. You can't use the word opportunity when you're talking about probability, instead you have to use the word chance. Chances are there's going to be a war in Lebanon this summer.... you can't say there's an opportunity for war.... because there's always the opportunity for anything and everything to happen, no matter how small the CHANCE of it happening are... There's an opportunity for it to snow in Saudi Arabia, but the chances are very very small. in summary, chance is like the roll of dice or the flip of a coin, but opportunity is a window of time/conditions where you can make something happen.

Well, mean the same thing.

An opportunity is a situation in which it is possible for you to do something that you want to do. If you have a chance to do something, you have the opportunity to do it. So they can be interchangeble. Example 1. Mary hopes that she has a chance to become an artist someday. There is a probability she can become an artist but it depends on her whether she uses it or not. 2. Mary hopes that she will have the opportunity to become an artist someday. There is a real possibility to become an artist (because there is some evidence).