Probably vs Tendency - What's the difference?
probably | tendency |
In all likelihood.
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An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.
As an adverb probably
is in all likelihood.As a noun tendency is
a likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.probably
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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 nottendency
English
Noun
(tendencies)- Denim has a tendency to fade.
- a militant tendency