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What is the difference between foreknowledge and prescience?

foreknowledge | prescience |

Prescience is a synonym of foreknowledge.



As nouns the difference between foreknowledge and prescience

is that foreknowledge is knowing beforehand, prescience, foresight, precognition while prescience is knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge.

foreknowledge

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Knowing beforehand, prescience, foresight, precognition
  • prescience

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge.
  • God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents. (Jonathan Edwards)