Compromise vs Risk - What's the difference?
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The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
* Shakespeare
* Burke
* Hallam
A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
* Lamb
(ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
* Shakespeare
To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
* Fuller
To find a way between extremes.
To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
* Motley
To cause impairment of.
To breach (a security system).
A possible, usually negative, outcome, e.g., a danger.
* Macaulay
* 2006 , BBC News'' website, ''Farmers warned over skin cancer read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4764525.stm] on 14 May 2006
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* 2006', Trever Ramsey on ''BBC News'' website, ''Exercise 'cuts skin cancer '''risk' read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4764535.stm] on 14 May 2006
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* 2002', Decisioneering Inc website, ''What is '''risk ? read at [http://www.decisioneering.com/risk-analysis.html] on 14 May 2006
To incur risk (to something).
* 2006 , BBC Sport website, Beckham wary over Rooney comeback read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/england/4769433.stm] on 14 May 2006
To incur risk (of something).
* 2006 , Transportation Alternatives'' website, ''Rail delays as thieves cut power read at [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/4972476.stm] on 14 May 2006
To incur risk (by something).
* 1999 , BBC News'' website, ''Volunteer of the Month: Andrew Hay McConnell read at [http://www.transalt.org/press/magazine/994Summer/12volunteer.html] on 14 May 2006
In lang=en terms the difference between compromise and risk
is that compromise is to breach (a security system) while risk is to incur risk (by something).As nouns the difference between compromise and risk
is that compromise is the settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions while risk is a possible, usually negative, outcome, eg, a danger.As verbs the difference between compromise and risk
is that compromise is (ambitransitive) to bind by mutual agreement while risk is to incur risk (to something).compromise
English
(wikipedia compromise)Noun
(en noun)- But basely yielded upon compromise / That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows.
- All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
- An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions.
- a compromise of character or right
- I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them.
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(compromis)- Laban and himself were compromised / That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied / Should fall as Jacob's hire.
- The controversy may easily be compromised .
- To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances.
- He tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.
Derived terms
* compromising (adjective )External links
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English
(wikipedia risk)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves
- There was also a "degree of complacency" that the weather in the country was not good enough to present a health risk .
Snakes and ladders, passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins. For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}
- Taking regular exercise, coupled with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of several types of cancer.
Behaviorism at 100, passage=Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.}}
- If there is a 25% chance of running over schedule, costing you a $100 out of your own pocket, that might be a risk' you are willing to take. But if you have a 5% chance of running overschedule, knowing that there is a $10,000 penalty, you might be less willing to take that ' risk .
Derived terms
* market risk * credit risk * currency risk * operational risk * political risk * financial risk * residual risk * health risk * inflation risk * risk management * risk assessment * risk analysisVerb
(en verb)- England captain David Beckham has warned Wayne Rooney not to risk his long-term future by rushing his return from injury.
- These people are putting themselves in danger by physically being on or near to the railway lines and risk ing serious injury.
- After coming to New York, I decided to risk cycling again.
