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Possible vs Unpossible - What's the difference?

possible | unpossible |

As adjectives the difference between possible and unpossible

is that possible is (usually|not comparable) able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible while unpossible is impossible.

As a noun possible

is a possible one.

possible

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (usually, not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
  • * {{quote-book, 1901, Louis Freeland Smith, The Public, volume=4, page=438, pageurl=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000080738168&page=search;seq=444;view=image;num=438
    • , passage=And success in minor degree, in the sense in which he uses the term "success," is only somewhat more possible than success in winning the White House chair.}}
  • * {{quote-news, 1993, September 10, Lee Michael Katz, Expectant Mideast hopes to bear twin peace deals, USA Today, page=2A citation
    • , passage=Peace between Israel and the Arab countries is "more possible than any time before," says ex-Arab League U.N. ambassador Clovis Maskoud. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible . Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
  • Being considered, e.g. for a position.

    • Derived terms

    * as much as possible * ASAP (as soon as possible) * possibly

    Related terms

    * possibility * potent * potential * probable * improbable * incidental * contingent

    Antonyms

    * (able but not certain to happen) certain, inevitable, impossible * (capable of being done) impossible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A possible one
  • (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
    • Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.
  • (rare) A particular event that may happen.

    • Synonyms

    * possibility * option

    Antonyms

    * impossible * no-go

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    unpossible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Impossible.
  • *1526 , William Tyndale, New Testament , British Library 2000, p. 119:
  • *:And this is the. vj. moneth to her, which was called barren, for with god shall nothinge be unpossible .
  • *, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.280:
  • *:’Tis a hard matter therefore to confine them, being they are so various and many, unpossible to apprehend all.
  • *1624 , John Smith, Generall Historie , in Kupperman 1988, p.97:
  • *:In the evening we fired a few rackets, which flying in the ayre so terrified the poore Salvages, they supposed nothing unpossible we attempted […].
  • *1994 , The Simpsons , "(Lisa on Ice)":
  • *:Ralph Wiggum: Me fail English? That's unpossible !
  • *2008 , David Goldberg, Mimecast , "meeting with HKS":
  • *:I think we can all agree that this is unpossible .

    • Usage notes

    In modern use, the term is usually considered non-standard.