Risk vs. Challenge

(countable) A possible adverse event or outcome

The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.

Example: ‘There is risk of being brutalized, arrested, imprisoned and tortured, all because I want you to know the truth about this matter.’;

The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.

The potential (conventionally negative) effect of an event, determined by combining the likelihood of the event occurring with the effect should it occur.

An entity insured by an insurer or the specific uncertain events that the insurer underwrites.

(transitive) To incur risk of (something).

(transitive) To incur risk of harming or jeopardizing.

(transitive) To incur risk as a result of (doing something).

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

Example: ‘The imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves.’;

Hazard of loss; liabillity to loss in property.

To expose to risk, hazard, or peril; to venture; as, to risk goods on board of a ship; to risk one's person in battle; to risk one's fame by a publication.

To incur the risk or danger of; as, to risk a battle.

a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune;

Example: ‘drinking alcohol is a health hazard’;

a venture undertaken without regard to possible loss or injury;

Example: ‘he saw the rewards but not the risks of crime’; ‘there was a danger he would do the wrong thing’;

the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred

the probability of being exposed to an infectious agent

expose to a chance of loss or damage;

Example: ‘We risked losing a lot of money in this venture’; ‘Why risk your life?’;

take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome;

Example: ‘When you buy these stocks you are gambling’;

In simple terms, risk is the possibility of something bad happening. Risk involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value (such as health, well-being, wealth, property or the environment), often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences.

A confrontation; a dare.

An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.

A bid to overcome something.

Example: ‘a challenge to the king's authority’;

(sports) An attempt to take possession; a tackle

A summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

The act of a sentry in halting a person and demanding the countersign, or (by extension) the action of a computer system demanding a password, etc.

An attempt to have a work of literature restricted or removed from a public library or school curriculum.

A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.

(legal) A procedure or action.

A judge's interest in the result of the case for which he or she should not be allowed to sit the case, e.g. a conflict of interest.

Example: ‘Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases.’;

The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.

The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.

Example: ‘We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest.’;

(US) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.

(hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.

To invite someone to take part in a competition.

Example: ‘We challenged the boys next door to a game of football.’;

To dare someone.

To dispute something.

Example: ‘to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation’;

(legal) To make a formal objection to a juror.

(obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.

(obsolete) To censure; to blame.

(military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).

Example: ‘The sentinel challenged us with "Who goes there?"’;

(US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as a voter.

To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

Example: ‘A challenge to controversy.’;

The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.

A claim or demand.

Example: ‘There must be no challenge of superiority.’;

The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.

An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause.

An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.

To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

Example: ‘I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood.’;

To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.

Example: ‘By this I challenge him to single fight.’;

To claim as due; to demand as a right.

Example: ‘Challenge better terms.’;

To censure; to blame.

Example: ‘He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them.’;

To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?"

To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.

To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.

To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualified as a voter.

To assert a right; to claim a place.

Example: ‘Where nature doth with merit challenge.’;

a demanding or stimulating situation;

Example: ‘they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power’;

a call to engage in a contest or fight

questioning a statement and demanding an explanation;

Example: ‘his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy’;

a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

take exception to;

Example: ‘She challenged his claims’;

issue a challenge to;

Example: ‘Fischer challenged Spassky to a match’;

ask for identification;

Example: ‘The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard’;

raise a formal objection in a court of law

a call to someone to participate in a competitive situation or fight to decide who is superior in terms of ability or strength

Example: ‘he accepted the challenge’;

a task or situation that tests someone's abilities

Example: ‘he took up the challenge of organizing a sports afternoon’; ‘the traverse of the ridge is a challenge for experienced climbers’;

an attempt to win a contest or championship in a sport

Example: ‘he is desperate for a third world title challenge’;

a call to prove or justify something

Example: ‘a challenge to the legality of the banning order’;

a guard's call for a password or other proof of identity

Example: ‘I heard the challenge ‘Who goes there?’’;

an objection regarding the eligibility or suitability of a jury member.

exposure of the immune system to pathogenic organisms or antigens

Example: ‘recently vaccinated calves should be protected from challenge’;

dispute the truth or validity of

Example: ‘it is possible to challenge the report's assumptions’;

object to (a jury member)

Example: ‘a certain number of jurors may be challenged’;

(of a guard) order (someone) to prove their identity

Example: ‘the watchman did not challenge him’;

invite (someone) to engage in a contest

Example: ‘he challenged one of my men to a duel’; ‘organizations challenged the government in by-elections’;

enter into competition with or opposition against.

make a rival claim to or threaten someone's hold on (a position)

Example: ‘they were challenging his leadership’;

invite (someone) to do or say something that one thinks will be difficult or impossible

Example: ‘I challenge the Minister to deny these accusations’;

make demands on; prove testing to

Example: ‘a new way of life that would challenge them’;

expose (the immune system) to pathogenic organisms or antigens.