What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Anticipatory vs Feedforward - What's the difference?

anticipatory | feedforward |

As an adjective anticipatory

is characterized by anticipation.

As a noun feedforward is

an anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system.

As a verb feedforward is

to respond in advance.

anticipatory

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Characterized by anticipation.
    • The children were all wearing anticipatory grins in the minutes before the cake was served.

    feedforward

    English

    Alternative forms

    *feed-forward *feed forward (verb only)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (sometimes countable) An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
  • *{{quote-book, 1991, Christopher Hodgkinson, Educational Leadership: The Moral Art citation
    • , passage=The continuum is dynamic through the action of modulating feedbacks and feedforwards .}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nonstandard) To respond in advance
  • *{{quote-book, 2002, David Beckett & Paul J. Hager, Life, Work and Learning citation
    • , passage=Contingency is handled by, for example, managers and nurses, through feedforwarding , that is, by acting anticipatively, and thereby raising the prospect of modifying not just the practical means toward an end, but of modifying the end itself.}}

    Synonyms

    *anticipate *proact

    Related terms

    *feedback

    See also

    *(Feed-forward)