Eventuality vs Possibility - What's the difference?
eventuality | possibility |
A possible event; something that may happen.
*{{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 19
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=England 1-0 Ukraine
, work=BBC Sport
The quality of being possible.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
As nouns the difference between eventuality and possibility
is that eventuality is a possible event; something that may happen while possibility is the quality of being possible.eventuality
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Noun
(eventualities)citation, page= , passage=England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004.}}
possibility
English
Noun
(possibilities)The attack of the MOOCs, passage=Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.}}