Incidence vs Possibility - What's the difference?
incidence | possibility |
The act of something happening; occurrence
The extent, or the relative frequency of something happening
(physics) The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface
(epidemiology) A measure of the risk that a person develops a new condition within a specified period of time, usually a year.
The quality of being possible.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
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, title= An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
As nouns the difference between incidence and possibility
is that incidence is the act of something happening; occurrence while possibility is the quality of being possible.incidence
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(wikipedia incidence) (en noun)Derived terms
* angle of incidence * incidence algebra * incidence axiom * incidence function * incidence geometry * incidence graph * nonincidenceSee also
* prevalenceExternal links
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(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.}}