chance vs outcome

chance

noun
  • Random occurrence; luck. 

  • probability; possibility. 

  • The probability of something happening. 

  • An opportunity or possibility. 

adj
  • Happening by chance, casual. 

verb
  • To try or risk. 

  • To discover something by chance. 

  • To rob, cheat or swindle someone. 

outcome

noun
  • The result of a random trial. An element of a sample space. 

  • The scoreline; the result. 

  • The anticipated or desired results or evidence of a learning experience (often used in the phrase learning outcomes). 

  • That which is produced or occurs as a result of an event or process. 

How often have the words chance and outcome occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )