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Forenight vs Foresight - What's the difference?

forenight | foresight |

As nouns the difference between forenight and foresight

is that forenight is (scotland) the evening, between twilight and bedtime while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

forenight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) The evening, between twilight and bedtime.
    • (Webster 1913)

    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)

    Related terms

    * foresee * backsight

    Anagrams

    * English abstract nouns