Certain and Probable

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Certain adjective - Impossible to avoid or evade.

Usage example: as he got older, the athlete began to feel the certain effects of the aging process on his body

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Probable and certain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Probable" instead an adjective "Certain".

Nearby Words: certainty, certainly

Probable adjective - Having a high chance of occurring.

Usage example: a probable outcome of the price increase will be lower consumption

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Certain and probable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Certain" instead an adjective "Probable".

Stalin characterized his implementation of them at the critical moment of the war along the lines: "A soldier shall be choosing between a probable death ahead and a certain death behind."

Source: The Mob Boss Is Scarier
This can be an Idiot Plot, because the character in question often fails to be certain that the probable bad guy will actually be gone for a while and is not just getting his mail or something.

Source: Rear Window Investigation
Reese on Malcolm in the Middle spent a lot of time on the show being idiotic, clueless, and sadistic, certain to age into a series of minimum wage jobs and possible (maybe even probable) jail time.

Source: Hidden Depths / Live-Action TV

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