Apt vs Probable - What's the difference?
apt | probable | Related terms |
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
* (Jeremy Taylor) (1613–1677)
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
* (1628–1699)
* (1834-1913)
* (Fairfax Harrison) (1869-1938)
Ready]]; especially fitted or [[qualify, qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
* (rfdate) Johnson
* (rfdate) (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:(Although I) live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die.
Likely or most likely to be true.
Likely to happen.
Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
(obsolete) Capable of being proved.
Apt is a related term of probable.
As a noun apt
is .As a proper noun apt
is .As an adjective probable is
likely or most likely to be true.apt
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Tonight there’s a full moon, which is apt , since the election night will bring out the lunatics.
- a river apt to be forded by a lamb
- My vines and peacheswere apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit.
- This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
- that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
- An apt wit.
Synonyms
(split by senses) * disposed, predisposed, inclined, liable, tending towards * appropriate, suitable, meet * fit, qualified * prompt, quick * ready * See alsoDerived terms
() * aptly * aptnessAnagrams
*probable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
- The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
- With all the support we have, success is looking probable .
- probable''' evidence; '''probable presumption
- (Blackstone)