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Likeliness vs Likelihood - What's the difference?

likeliness | likelihood | Synonyms |

Likelihood is a synonym of likeliness.

Likelihood is a related term of likeliness.



As nouns the difference between likeliness and likelihood

is that likeliness is the condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur while likelihood is the probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.

likeliness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
  • Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability.
  • *2004 , Klaus-Martin Goeters, Aviation psychology: practice and research :
    • The proposed HEA is based on the assumption that each specific error has a certain impact on a system/aircraft state whilst the crew's likeliness to commit this error is decreasing with an increasing number of safeguards against it.
  • *2006 , David W. Embley, A. OlivĂ©, Sudha Ram, Conceptual modeling :
    • To determine the likeliness of an individual in a concept, a membership function is required.
  • Suitability; agreeableness.
  • *2004 , Peter Lipton, Inference to the best explanation :
    • A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness.
  • Likeness; similarity.
  • * 1727 , Robert South, Twelve Sermons
    • No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image of God, and every Degree of its Improvement is a farther Degree of Likeliness to him.

    Related terms

    * (l)

    likelihood

    English

    Noun

    (Likelihood function)
  • The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
    • In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
    The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
  • (statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
  • Likeness, resemblance.
    • "There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." (Sir W. Raleigh)
  • (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
    • "What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" (Shak)

    Synonyms

    * likeliness * odds

    Antonyms

    * unlikelihood