What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?

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What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?..

Answer / chris

A volcano is a hazard.

If the volcano erupts, the lava is a threat to people
downhill, and the ash cloud is a threat to airplanes (i.e.
the potential hazard has materialized into something
tangible - a threat)

The risk (as a noun) is the likelihood of being injured by
the threat caused by the hazard. If the volcano is dormant,
the lava threat is zero and the risk of being burned by
lava is also zero. If the volcano erupts, the lava threat
is no longer zero, and the risk depends (amongst other
things) on how close you are to the eruption

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What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?..

Answer / emad rizkalla

threat : one has potential to harm others
hazard : source , action and situation with potenial to cause harm
risk : combination of occurence of harm ( liklehood) and sever of that harm ( consequences)

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What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?..

Answer / aaron

Threat: A person, place, thing, or combination thereof that has the potential to cause harm. The potential for a volcanic eruption is a threat.

Hazard: The point of interaction between a Threat and a person, place, or thing. An individual volcano is a hazard.

Risk: The combination of Probability (can it happen?), Vulnerability (can it hurt me?), and Consequence (do I care?).

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What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?..

Answer / rahul

threat = An expression of an intention to inflict pain,
injury, evil, or punishment.

risk = To expose to a chance of loss or damager.

hazard = A chance of being injured or harmed.

peril = Imminent danger.

Now if these definitions sound the same, don't blame me coz
they words themselves sound pretty close...hope dis helps.

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What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?..

Answer / vasavi

Hazards are obstacles that could cause one harm or
misfortune. A road hazard, such as a sharp turn, is
dangerous if you are not aware of it. A risk is a chance
that one takes in a plan. And An act of coercion wherein a
negative consequence is proposed to elicit
Response is called as threat

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What is the difference between Risk, Threat & Hazard?..

Answer / munish yadav

Risk: Chance/probability of loss. (quantifiable)
Peril: Cause of loss.
Hazard: Anything that increases the likelihood of loss.

Example1: Smoking (Hazard) increases the likelihood of a
house fire/illness (Loss).
Example2: If a house burns down (Loss), then fire is the peril.

Regards,
Munish Yadav

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