Potentiality vs Possibility - What's the difference?
potentiality | possibility | Related terms |
The quality of being, or having potential.
An inherent capacity for growth or development.
An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
The quality of being possible.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
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Possibility is a related term of potentiality.
As nouns the difference between potentiality and possibility
is that potentiality is the quality of being, or having potential while possibility is the quality of being possible.potentiality
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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.}}