Verisimilitude vs Possibility - What's the difference?
verisimilitude | possibility |
The property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism.
A statement which merely appears to be true.
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 nouns the difference between verisimilitude and possibility
is that verisimilitude is the property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality, realism while possibility is the quality of being possible.verisimilitude
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(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.}}