Forethought vs Counsel - What's the difference?
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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
The exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.
* Bible, Matthew xxvii. 1
Exercise of judgment; prudence.
* Hooker
Advice; guidance.
* Shakespeare
* Tennyson
Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.
* Bible, Psalms xxxiii. 11
* Bible, Proverbs xii. 5
(obsolete) A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.
* Gower
A lawyer, as in Queen's Counsel (QC).
To give advice, especially professional advice.
To recommend
As nouns the difference between forethought and counsel
is that forethought is thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation while counsel is the exchange of opinions and advice; consultation.As an adjective forethought
is thought of, or planned, beforehand.As a verb counsel is
to give advice, especially professional advice.forethought
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* (l)Adjective
(-)- Forethought malice.
counsel
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Noun
(en noun)- All the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death.
- They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used.
- I like thy counsel ; well hast thou advised.
- It was ill counsel had misled the girl.
- The counsel of the Lord standeth forever.
- The counsels of the wicked are deceit.
- thilke lord to whom no counsel may be hid
Synonyms
* See alsoVerb
- The lawyer counselled his client to remain silent.
- Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals counsel clients.