likelihood vs peril

likelihood

noun
  • The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable. 

  • The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter. 

  • Likeness, resemblance. 

peril

noun
  • An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event. 

  • A situation of serious and immediate danger. 

  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger. 

verb
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil; to risk. 

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