🆚What is the difference between "potential" and "possibility" ? "potential" vs "possibility" ? (2025)

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Possibility means there is a chance of something happening i.e. "There's a possibility I won't be coming home tonight."

Things or people can have potential; it means there's a chance they'll have succes i.e. "This boy has potential. There's a possibility he'll make it far in this company."

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3m13l

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Possibility means there is a chance of something happening i.e. "There's a possibility I won't be coming home tonight."

Things or people can have potential; it means there's a chance they'll have succes i.e. "This boy has potential. There's a possibility he'll make it far in this company."

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Something or someone that has potential its able to do something.

Possibility is a measure of chance or luck.

So it is possible that I will find money in the street today. (This is just chance.)

I have the potential to go shopping today. (I am able to, but I may choose not to. )

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