Difference between luck and chance

The difference between luck and chance is that the luck is particular and the chance is universal. Luck is generally subjective while chance is objective.

Good or bad luck is specifically from a personon the other hand, chance is the verification that the life circumstances are random.

Luck and chance can be used as synonyms in fortuitous situationssuch as, for example, when we talk about the weather, a person can be lucky or not that it is sunny or say that chance determined that that day was sunny or not.

Luck being particular and subjective It is associated with fortune telling, the future, destiny and the future. That is why a number of amulets or symbols are used to attract luck such as the four-leaf clover, horseshoes, rabbit feet, etc.

Chance to be universal and objective It is associated with the phenomenon of the randomness of nature and life. That is why science is associated with a factor that exists, but cannot be controlled, like chance in mathematics, chance in physics, and chance in philosophy.

The phrases: “Do not leave luck in the hands of chance” or “Luck only favors the prepared mind” suggest that good or bad luck is a construction of method, discipline and rigor to reach good luck. Luck is what we build from the chance that makes up our universe.

The gambling They are games where randomness defines the winner. It is also called “games of luck” when we change the emphasis of the game to the winner. In these types of games, whoever wins is lucky as a result of chance.

Chance translates into English as random which is synonymous with ‘random’, instead luck is translated into English as luckywhich is synonymous with ‘lucky’.

Graduated in 2006 in Communication Sciences from the University of the Americas, with a postgraduate degree in Management Strategies and Control from the University of Chile in 2008.