Prospective vs Candidate - What's the difference?
prospective | candidate |
Likely or expected to happen or become.
Anticipated in the near or far future.
Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
* Milton
Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
* Sir J. Child
(obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
(obsolete) A perspective glass.
(informal, often plural) A (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
* 2006 , Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman , volume 14, issues 4-6, page 114:
A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.
A participant in an examination.
Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody.
* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author=Kevin Heng
, title= Synonym for candidate gene.
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As nouns the difference between prospective and candidate
is that prospective is the scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect while candidate is a person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.As an adjective prospective
is likely or expected to happen or become.prospective
English
Adjective
(-)- Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
- Time's long and dark prospective glass.
- The French king and king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective , too, in this affair.
Noun
(en noun)- (Chaucer)
- (Beaumont and Fletcher)
- Would you like to show the prospective around?
- I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.
- At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained.
References
*candidate
English
Noun
(en noun)Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?, volume=101, issue=3, page=184, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.}}