hazard vs liability

hazard

noun
  • Chance. 

  • An obstacle or other feature which causes risk or danger; originally in sports, and now applied more generally. 

  • A problem with the instruction pipeline in CPU microarchitectures when the next instruction cannot execute in the following clock cycle, potentially leading to incorrect results. 

  • The act of potting a ball, whether the object ball (winning hazard) or the player's ball (losing hazard). 

  • A game of chance played with dice, usually for monetary stakes; popular mainly from 14th c. to 19th c. 

  • An obstacle or other feature that presents a risk or danger that justifies the driver in taking action to avoid it. 

  • The side of the court into which the ball is served. 

  • The chance of suffering harm; danger, peril, risk of loss. 

  • A sand or water obstacle on a golf course. 

verb
  • To expose to chance; to take a risk. 

  • To risk (something); to venture, incur, or bring on. 

liability

noun
  • The likelihood of something happening. 

  • A handicap that holds something back, a drawback, someone or something that is a burden to whoever is required to take care of them; an individual or action that exposes others to greater risk. 

  • Any item recorded on the right-hand side of a balance sheet. 

  • The condition of being susceptible to something. 

  • An obligation, debt or responsibility owed to someone. 

  • A person on a team that is more of a hindrance than a help. 

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