Potential vs. Possibility

Potentialnoun

Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)

Potentialnoun

(physics) The gravitational potential: the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field.

Potentialnoun

(physics) The work (energy) required to move a reference particle from a reference location to a specified location in the presence of a force field, for example to bring a unit positive electric charge from an infinite distance to a specified point against an electric field.

Potentialnoun

(grammar) A verbal construction or form stating something is possible or probable.

Potentialadjective

Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential.

Potentialadjective

Existing in possibility, not in actuality.

Potentialnoun

Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially.

Potentialnoun

In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coördinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; - also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.

Potentialnoun

The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.

Potentialnoun

the inherent capacity for coming into being

Potentialnoun

the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts

Potentialadjective

existing in possibility;

Potentialadjective

expected to become or be; in prospect;

Potential

Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability. The term is used in a wide variety of fields, from physics to the social sciences to indicate things that are in a state where they are able to change in ways ranging from the simple release of energy by objects to the realization of abilities in people.

Possibilitynoun

The quality of being possible.

Possibilitynoun

A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.

Possibilitynoun

An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.

Possibilitynoun

The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.

Possibilitynoun

That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.

Possibilitynoun

a future prospect or potential;

Possibilitynoun

capability of existing or happening or being true;

Possibilitynoun

a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena;

Possibilitynoun

a possible alternative;

Possibilitynoun

a thing that may happen or be the case

Possibilitynoun

the state or fact of being possible; likelihood

Possibilitynoun

a thing that may be chosen or done out of several possible alternatives

Possibilitynoun

unspecified qualities of a promising nature; potential