Realistic vs Possibility - What's the difference?
realistic | possibility |
Expressed or represented as being accurate.
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, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
The quality of being possible.
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
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, title= An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
As an adjective realistic
is expressed or represented as being accurate.As a noun possibility is
the quality of being possible.realistic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.
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- A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.
Antonyms
* unrealistic * utopianDerived terms
* realisticity * realisticnessAnagrams
*possibility
English
Noun
(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.}}