different between probable vs persuasive

English

Etymology

From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin prob?bilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from prob?re (“to test, examine”); see probe, prove. Compare recent doublet provable.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p??b?bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??b?bl?/
• Hyphenation: prob?a?ble

Adjective

probable (comparative more probable, superlative most probable)

1. Likely or most likely to be true.

2. Likely to happen.

3. Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
4. (obsolete) Capable of being proved.

Antonyms

• improbable

Related terms

• probability
• probable cause
• probably

Translations

See also

• possible
• probeable

Noun

probable (plural probables)

1. Something that is likely.
   • 2013, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores, Japanese Naval Fighter Aces 1932-45 (page 57)

     Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.

2. A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

Further reading

• probable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin prob?bilis.

Adjective

probable (epicene, plural probables)

1. probable

Antonyms

• improbable

Related terms

• probabilidá

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin prob?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p?o?ba.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u?ba.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o?ba.ble/
• Rhymes: -a?le

Adjective

probable (masculine and feminine plural probables)

1. probable

Antonyms

• improbable

Derived terms

• probablement

Related terms

• probabilitat

Further reading

• “probable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Latin prob?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.babl/

Adjective

probable (plural probables)

1. probable (all meanings)

Related terms

• improbable
• probabilité
• probablement

Further reading

• “probable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• probábel

Etymology

From Latin prob?bilis.

Adjective

probable m or f (plural probables)

1. probable

Antonyms

• improbable, improbábel

Derived terms

• probablemente

Related terms

• probabilidade

Ido

Adverb

probable

1. probably

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prob?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o?bable/, [p?o???a.??le]

Adjective

probable (plural probables)

1. probable, likely
2. provable

Antonyms

• improbable

Derived terms

• probablemente

Related terms

• probabilidad

English

Etymology

From Middle French persuasif, from Medieval Latin persu?s?vus, from Latin past participle stem of persu?d?re + -?vus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?(?)?swe?s?v/

Adjective

persuasive (comparative more persuasive, superlative most persuasive)

1. able to persuade; convincing

Derived terms

• counterpersuasive

Translations

Noun

persuasive (plural persuasives)

1. That which persuades; incitement.
   • 1839, George Robert Gleig, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary: Visited in 1837 (volume 1, page 68)

     He smiled a very knowing smile, and setting up a halloo, and shaking his leathern thong, away we went at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour. I had no occasion to go further with my persuasives; the pace was kept up, […]

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.s?a.ziv/

Adjective

persuasive

1. feminine singular of persuasif

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

persuasive

1. inflection of persuasiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

persuasive

1. feminine plural of persuasivo