Language problem: What is the difference between " Probable" and "Possible"?

Answer 1

Go through the sentence examples carefully to find out the difference between the two words :

1 Something that is POSSIBLE is able to be done or achieved. Synonym : feasible Example - The government is doing everything possible to take care of wildlife. 2 Something that is POSSIBLE may happen or be done in the future, but is not certain to happen or to be done by them. Synonym : likely Example - France and Canada are both possible financiers of the international project.

1 Something that is PROBABLE is likely to be true or correct, or likely to happen. Example - The people of France face a possible general election this autumn. 2 PROBABLE is also used to describe a role or function that a person, thing, place etc is likely to have. Example : London is the probable venue of the 2014 World Cup football.

Answer 2

Post pictures on that old profile of some penis an say "Look at my package!" then they will stop calling you a girl. Now that I've attempted to make you laugh, on to answering your actual question :-} "living transgender" is just what those people say to themselves to try to marry the thoughts of seeing you as female, and you saying you are male. So they choose to see your maleness, or transgenderedness as something you put on, rather than change their image of you in their head. They also could be genuinily confused. My aunty is very supporting of whatever female to maleness is going on with me, but she doesn't really know that much about transgender and transsexual issues, so she messes up the wording, and wording is so precise when it comes to Trans issues, because the wrong word can totally mess up the meaning, and the truth. For example, I don't Feel like a boy, I Am a boy, I don't want to become a boy, I'm already a boy inside, and I want my Body to become more male. To someone who doesn't know about trans issues, this can be very confusing. I think you know whether or not these people are just confused an ignorant, or if they are closeminded, an close hearted (is that a word? *sweats*) to you, and you should use that to decide if you wanna be around them anymore.

Answer 3

In mathematical terms: Possibility is binary -- either something is possible or it is not.

Probability is a real number -- the chances of something happening are somewhere between 0 (can't, won't, no way) and 1 (it's already happening or has happened).

In layman's terms: Something is probable if there is a good likelihood that it may happen. For example, if you rob a bank, it is probable that you will go to jail. You might get caught or you might escape, but getting caught is likely, so we say that it is probable.

Something is possible if it CAN happen, regardless of how likely it is. For example, it is not possible for a human to fly by flapping his arms like wings. It is probable that such a human will be injured or killed when doing this.

Answer 4

Mathematically, probability can always be expressed as a percentage or ratio. For instance, if I roll a standard six-sided die, the probability of rolling a three is 1/6, or ~16.66%. An event may be considered probable if the probability of it occuring is greater than fifty percent. For instance, the probability of rolling a number less than five is 4/6, or ~66.66%. That means that it's probable that I would roll a number less than five on a six-sided die.

An event is possible if it has a probability greater than zero. Rolling a three is possible, because the probability is 1/6. Rolling a seven is impossible, because there is no seven-value side on the die, thus the possibility of rolling a seven is zero.

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Probable means Maybe.
Possible means Most Likely.

Answer 6

I take probable to mean that it has a high chance of happening. Possible means that it could happen.

Answer 7

it has the same meaning,, but the real trick is that,, how u c it,,
for e.g.

possible itself has two different meaning for e.g.

"Is that possible?
It is possible."

read the above 2 very carefully and try to understand them as 2 different statements.

probable is used when we are going to give a ratio to a statement.
mostly used in mathematical statements for e.g
if we divide so and so we may probably get the results as so an so


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Answer 8

prob·a·ble /ˈprɒbəbəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[prob-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
2. having more evidence for than against, or evidence that inclines the mind to belief but leaves some room for doubt.
3. affording ground for belief.
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pos·si·ble /ˈpɒsəbəl/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pos-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. that may or can be, exist, happen, be done, be used, etc.: a disease with no possible cure.
2. that may be true or may be the case, as something concerning which one has no knowledge to the contrary: It is possible that he has already gone.

Answer 9

hehe this is what i think. for example in accounting, when we recognize a contingency like losses for a future lawsuit, we accrue it only when it is "probable", meaning the chances are 50% or more, meaning it is more likely to happen than not. i think "possible" is to refer to something that can/could happen, even if the chances are only a small percentage.

Answer 10

The difference is implied degree of likelihood of said event happening.

"Probable" means more likely than not for event to occur.

"Possible" implies less likely to occur than probable...but still that the event 'can' happen.

Example: "It is possible to win a jackpot gambling in a casino, however its probable that you will not."