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Probable vs Seeming - What's the difference?

probable | seeming |

In obsolete terms the difference between probable and seeming

is that probable is capable of being proved while seeming is apprehension; judgement.

As adjectives the difference between probable and seeming

is that probable is likely or most likely to be true while seeming is apparent.

As a verb seeming is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun seeming is

outward appearance.

probable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Likely or most likely to be true.
    • It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
    The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
  • Likely to happen.
    • With all the support we have, success is looking probable .
  • Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
    • probable''' evidence; '''probable presumption
    (Blackstone)
  • (obsolete) Capable of being proved.

    • Related terms

    * probability * probable cause * probably

    Antonyms

    * improbable

    See also

    * possible * probeable

    External links

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    seeming

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • apparent
    • seeming friendship
  • * Shakespeare
    • My lord, you have lost a friend indeed; / And I dare swear you borrow not that face / Of seeming sorrow, it is sure your own.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • outward appearance
  • * 1845 , (Edgar Allan Poe), ""
    • And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting / On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; / And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor
  • (obsolete) apprehension; judgement
    • Nothing more clear unto their seeming . — Hooker.
    His persuasive words, impregned / With reason, to her seeming . — Milton.

    Derived terms

    * seemingness * seemingly