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Potency vs Actuality - What's the difference?

potency | actuality |

As nouns the difference between potency and actuality

is that potency is strength while actuality is the state of existing; existence.

potency

English

Noun

(potencies)
  • Strength
  • Power
  • The ability or capacity to perform something.

    • Related terms

    * potence * potent * potentate * potential * potentiality

    actuality

    English

    Noun

    (actualities)
  • the state of existing; existence
  • the quality of being actual or factual; fact
  • (historical) a short early motion picture
    • By 1903, the actuality film had reached its peak; in 1903, the Edison and Biograph companies, combined, registered three hundred fifty one actuality films for copyright protection. By 1908 that number had dropped to two. The Variety Stage collection