Probably vs Potentially - What's the difference?
probably | potentially |
In all likelihood.
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, title= In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (label) Powerfully, strongly.
* 1851 , (Herman Melville), (Moby-Dick) :
As adverbs the difference between probably and potentially
is that probably is in all likelihood while potentially is in a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.probably
English
Alternative forms
* (colloquial)Adverb
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Synonyms
* (in all likelihood) likely, perhaps, maybe, possibly, presumably, most likely, doubtless, in all probability, perchance, as likely as not, as like as notpotentially
English
Adverb
(en adverb)Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}
- I freely assert, that the cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially upon the whole broad world, taken in one aggregate, than the high and mighty business of whaling.