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Predominancy vs Odds - What's the difference?

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Predominancy is a related term of odds.


As nouns the difference between predominancy and odds

is that predominancy is while odds is the ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.

predominancy

English

Noun

    • (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913)

    odds

    English

    (wikipedia odds)

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • The ratio of the probabilities of an event happening to that of it not happening.
    • I'd say the odds are strongly in favor of the sun rising tomorrow morning.
  • The ratio of winnings to stake in betting situations.

    • Usage notes

    * The word "odds" was formerly sometimes used with a singular verb, e.g. (Stephen S. Foster) "If there be any difference in the two crimes, the odds is in favor of the foreign enslaver."

    Derived terms

    * at all odds / by all odds / against all odds * at odds * implied odds * lay odds * long odds / short odds * odds and ends * odds on / odds against * odds-on * pot odds * take odds

    See also

    * even money * evens

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Norwegian Bokmål==

    Noun

  • (l)

    • References

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