Anticipation vs Forethought - What's the difference?
anticipation | forethought | Synonyms |
The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
* Thodey
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(finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
(rhetoric) Prolepsis.
(music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
(obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.
:With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.
Anticipation.
Provident care; prudence.
Thought of, or planned, beforehand.
* Francis Bacon
As nouns the difference between anticipation and forethought
is that anticipation is the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order while forethought is thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.As an adjective forethought is
thought of, or planned, beforehand.anticipation
English
Noun
(en noun)- So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
- The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.
- Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.
Synonyms
* expectingnessReferences
* * ----forethought
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l)Adjective
(-)- Forethought malice.