Potential and Prospect

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

Prospect is a synonym for potential. In some cases you can use "Prospect" instead a noun "Potential".

Prospect

Prospect noun - Something that can develop or become actual.
Usage example: one highly desirable prospect for the city is a major-league franchise

Potential is a synonym for prospect in possibilities topic. Sometimes you can use "Potential" instead a noun "Prospect".

How words are described

good good potential good prospect
better better potential better prospect
similar similar potential similar prospect
obvious obvious potential obvious prospect
Other adjectives: real, great, little, excellent, latent, new, lethal, greatest, frightening, terrifying.
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