List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 98

SYNONYMS: danger, peril, hazard, risk.
These nouns refer to exposure to harm or loss

Danger, the least specific, is applicable to any potentially harmful situation: There is danger in intrigue.
Peril is much stronger thorough its suggestion of great potential for harm and of immediacy, or imminence, of the threat involved: must do it at your own peril.
Hazard less forcefully suggests the threat posed by chance or something largely beyond one's control: Beware of the hazards of the highway.
Risk also stresses chance or uncertainty, but often from the standpoint of one who weighs them against possible harm or loss.: You take the risk of losing your investment.