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Forecast vs Predictive - What's the difference?

forecast | predictive |

As a verb forecast

is to estimate how something will be in the future.

As a noun forecast

is an estimation of a future condition.

As an adjective predictive is

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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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    predictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Useful in predicting.
  • :The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
  • (computing) Describing a predictor.

    • Derived terms

    *predictive text

    Antonyms

    *reactive