potential
/pə-ˈten(t)-shəl/
adjective
existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality
expressing possibility; specifically : of, relating to, or constituting a verb phrase expressing possibility, liberty, or power by the use of an auxiliary with the infinitive of the verb (as in "it may rain")
potential benefits
noun
something that can develop or become actual
promise
any of various functions from which the intensity or the velocity at any point in a field may be readily calculated
a potential for violence
noun
the difference in potential between two points that represents the work involved or the energy released in the transfer of a unit quantity of electricity from one point to the other