Possibility vs Perfectibility - What's the difference?
possibility | perfectibility |
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.
The possibility of achieving perfection.
As nouns the difference between possibility and perfectibility
is that possibility is the quality of being possible while perfectibility is the possibility of achieving perfection.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.}}
Synonyms
* option * choice * contingency * See alsoAntonyms
* impossibilityDerived terms
* logical possibility * possibility theoryExternal links
* *perfectibility
English
Noun
(perfectibilities)- In a project involving many people, maintainability is a more useful asset than perfectibility .