Probaility vs Likelihood - What's the difference?
probaility | likelihood |
The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
(statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
Likeness, resemblance.
(archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
As a noun likelihood is
the probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.probaility
Not English
Probaility has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'probaility':
perplexity, powerfully, profligacy, perplexedly, powerplay, prevalently, paraphyly, pourability, purplishly, paraphily, purblindly, prevalency, peribiliary, perplexly, powrefully, probality, propulsory, prefulgency, paraplegy, prevailancy, prevailencylikelihood
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Noun
(Likelihood function)- In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
- The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
- "There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." (Sir W. Raleigh)
- "What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" (Shak)