Unknown vs Possible - What's the difference?
unknown | possible |
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown , induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}
(algebra) A variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.
Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
A person of no identity; a nonentity
* 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
(usually, not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8
, passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.
* {{quote-book, 1901, Louis Freeland Smith, The Public, volume=4, page=438, pageurl=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000080738168&page=search;seq=444;view=image;num=438
, passage=And success in minor degree, in the sense in which he uses the term "success," is only somewhat more possible than success in winning the White House chair.}}
* {{quote-news, 1993, September 10, Lee Michael Katz, Expectant Mideast hopes to bear twin peace deals, USA Today, page=2A
, passage=Peace between Israel and the Arab countries is "more possible than any time before," says ex-Arab League U.N. ambassador Clovis Maskoud. }}
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Being considered, e.g. for a position.
A possible one
(colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.
(rare) A particular event that may happen.
As adjectives the difference between unknown and possible
is that unknown is not known; unidentified; not well known while possible is (usually|not comparable) able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.As nouns the difference between unknown and possible
is that unknown is (algebra) a variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found while possible is a possible one.unknown
English
Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* anonymous * unfamiliar * uncharted * undiscovered * unexplored * unidentified * unnamed * unrecognized * unrevealed * unascertained * obscure * unsungNoun
(en noun)- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?
possible
English
Adjective
(en-adj)citation
A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible . Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
Derived terms
* as much as possible * ASAP (as soon as possible) * possiblyAntonyms
* (able but not certain to happen) certain, inevitable, impossible * (capable of being done) impossibleNoun
(en noun)- Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.