different between possibility vs certainity
possibility
English
Etymology
From Middle French possibilité, from Old French possibilite, from Late Latin possibilit?s (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p?s??b?liti/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?s??b?liti/
- Hyphenation: pos?si?bil?i?ty
- Rhymes: -?l?ti
Noun
possibility (countable and uncountable, plural possibilities)
- The quality of being possible.
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
Synonyms
- (the quality of being possible):
- (a thing possible): contingency; See also Thesaurus:possibility
- (an option or choice): choice, option; See also Thesaurus:option
Antonyms
- impossibility; See also Thesaurus:impossibility
Derived terms
- logical possibility
- possibility theory
Related terms
- impossibility
- possible
- potence
- potency
- potent
- potentate
- potential
- potentiality
- power
Translations
Further reading
- possibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- possibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
possibility From the web:
- what possibility mean
- what possibility of having twins
- what does possibility mean
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- possibility define
certainity
English
Noun
certainity
- Misspelling of certainty.
certainity From the web:
- what certainty means
- what's certainty in law
- what certainty equivalent
- what does certainty mean
- what does certainty
- what is certainty in taxation
- certainty of object
- certainty in java
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