possibility/probability

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possibility/probability

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Sir,

What is difference between "pssibility and probability".

Please help me,I have gone through the dictionary but could not get any thing.

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'Possibility' concerns whether something can happen, while 'probability' concerns whether something that can happen is actually likely to happen.

I'm afraid that is about as simple an explanation as I can give!
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