Potential
Potential noun - Something that can develop or become actual.
Usage example: a time when cloning was merely a potential and the stuff of science fiction
Probability and potential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Probability" instead a noun "Potential".
Probability
Probability noun - A measure of how often an event will occur instead of another.
Usage example: the probability of flipping a coin and getting heads 50 times in a row is not good
Potential and probability are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Potential" instead a noun "Probability".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- outlook and potential
- outlook and probability
- promise and potential
- promise and probability
- prospect and potential
- prospect and probability
- hope and potential
- hope and probability
- chance and potential
- chance and probability
- future and potential
- future and probability
- opportunity and potential
- opportunity and probability
How words are described
| good | good potential | good probability |
| high | high potential | high probability |
| low | low potential | low probability |
| equal | equal potential | equal probability |
| Other adjectives: better, true, sheer, raw, strong, actual, real, large, big, great, huge, decent, limited, military, significant, highest, greater, maximum, higher, frightening. | ||
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