Plausibly vs Potentially - What's the difference?
plausibly | potentially |
(manner) In a plausible manner.
(modal) Not falsifiably, based on available facts and general knowledge.
In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.
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* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) :
As adverbs the difference between plausibly and potentially
is that plausibly is (manner) in a plausible manner while potentially is in a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.plausibly
English
Adverb
(en adverb)- She lied plausibly , but the police suspected her anyway.
- Plausibly , she said she'd been working at the time.
Antonyms
* implausiblypotentially
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Michael Sivak
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- I freely assert, that the cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially upon the whole broad world, taken in one aggregate, than the high and mighty business of whaling.