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Divination vs Foresight - What's the difference?

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Divination is a synonym of foresight.


As nouns the difference between divination and foresight

is that divination is (uncountable) the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

divination

Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
  • The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
  • (countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * star divination

    See also

    * (Methods of divination) ----

    foresight

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
  • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
  • the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
  • (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
  • Synonyms

    * (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy

    Antonyms

    * hindsight

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)