Potential and Viable

Potential

Potential adjective - Existing only as a possibility and not in fact.
Usage example: I can see a few potential problems with co-owning a beach house with another couple

Viable and potential are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Viable" instead an adjective "Potential".

Viable

Viable adjective - Capable of being done or carried out.

Potential and viable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Potential" instead an adjective "Viable".

Nearby Word: viability

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Halt and Catch Fire Tom Rendon comes to a meeting among Cameron, Gordon, Donna and Joe, and is the naysayer of the meeting, insisting that open-source software will never be viable and that the potential of the Internet to help unleash the potential of such software is wildly overstated.
  • Video Game / Riviera: The Promised Land Video Game Caring Potential: Curing a mute mermaid, redeeming demon siblings, and generally being a decent person is totally viable.
  • Gondor even eventually endured a civil war over the question of inheritance, had problems with multiple potential claimants, and eventually no viable successor could be found who would have pleased everyone, resulting in the Stewards taking over.
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