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Forecast vs Expectancy - What's the difference?

forecast | expectancy |

As nouns the difference between forecast and expectancy

is that forecast is an estimation of a future condition while expectancy is expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.

As a verb forecast

is to estimate how something will be in the future.

forecast

English

(wikipedia forecast)

Verb

  • To estimate how something will be in the future.
    • to forecast the weather
    to forecast a storm
  • (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
  • * Milton
    • If it happen as I did forecast .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An estimation of a future condition.
  • A prediction of the weather.
  • :* What's the forecast for tomorrow?

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    expectancy

    English

    Noun

    (expectancies)
  • expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something
    • (Milton)
  • the state of being expected
  • something expected or awaited
  • * Shakespeare
    • The expectancy and rose of the fair state.

    Synonyms

    * expectingness

    Derived terms

    * life expectancy