Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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potential | Yes | Yes | No | No |
prospect | Yes | No | Yes | No |
potential (noun) | prospect (noun) |
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the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts | a prediction of the course of a disease |
the inherent capacity for coming into being | the visual percept of a region |
belief about (or mental picture of) the future | |
someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.) | |
the possibility of future success |
potential (adjective) | prospect (adjective) |
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existing in possibility | |
expected to become or be; in prospect |
potential (verb) | prospect (verb) |
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explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals | |
search for something desirable |