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Peradventure vs Venture - What's the difference?

peradventure | venture |

As nouns the difference between peradventure and venture

is that peradventure is chance, doubt or uncertainty while venture is a risky or daring undertaking or journey.

As an adverb peradventure

is (archaic) perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing.

As a verb venture is

to undertake a risky or daring journey.

peradventure

English

Adverb

(-)
  • (archaic) perchance or maybe; perhaps; supposing
  • * 1554 , , A Godly Letter of Warning or Admonition to the Faithfull in London, Newcastle, and Berwick :
  • For be God the Propheit was commandit to stand in the entress of the Lordis house, and to speik to all the cieties of Juda that come to wirschip in the house of the Lord; and was commandit to keip no word aback, gif peradventure , sayeth the Lord, thay will herkin and turne everie man frome his wickit way.
  • * Shakespeare
  • If peradventure he speak against me.
  • * Bible, Genesis xviii. 24
  • Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • chance, doubt or uncertainty
  • Proved beyond peradventure . — South.

    venture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A risky or daring undertaking or journey.
  • * 1881 , Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island . Chapter 4.
  • My heart was beating finely when we two set forth in the cold night upon this dangerous venture .
  • An event that is not, or cannot be, foreseen; an accident; chance; contingency.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • The thing risked; a stake; especially, something sent to sea in trade.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.

    Verb

    (ventur)
  • To undertake a risky or daring journey.
  • * J. Dryden, Jr.
  • who freights a ship to venture on the seas
  • To risk or offer.
  • to venture funds
    to venture a guess
  • * Shakespeare
  • I am afraid; and yet I'll venture it.
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
  • Till then they had only exchanged glances of the most casual but now under the brim of her new hat she ventured a look at him and the face that met her gaze there in the twilight, wan and strangely drawn, seemed to her the saddest she had ever seen.
  • to dare to engage in; to attempt without any certainty of success. Used with at'' or ''on
  • To put or send on a venture or chance.
  • to venture a horse to the West Indies
  • To confide in; to rely on; to trust.
  • * Addison
  • A man would be well enough pleased to buy silks of one whom he would not venture to feel his pulse.
  • To say something.
  • Derived terms

    * venture capital