What is the difference between potential and potentiality?
We can use potential as a noun according to a dictionary.
Is there difference between the two?

Question

What is the difference between potential and potentiality?
We can use potential as a noun according to a dictionary.
Is there difference between the two?

Answer

This kind of difference can be found in many similar word families. The "ity" suffix expresses a state of being. "The election of Donald Trump was always a potential. Its potentiality was often ignored."

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