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Foresee vs Foreset - What's the difference?

foresee | foreset |

As verbs the difference between foresee and foreset

is that foresee is to anticipate; to predict while foreset is to set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.

As a noun foreset is

an obstacle; hinderance.

As an adjective foreset is

set in fore or front part; placed ahead.

foresee

English

Verb

  • To anticipate; to predict.
  • * 1838 , Charles Dickens, The Lamplighter
    • "I foresee in this," he says, "the breaking up of our profession."
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxii. 3
    • A prudent man foreseeth the evil.
  • (obsolete) To provide.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Great shoals of people, which go on to populate, without foreseeing means of life.

    See also

    * forsee English irregular verbs

    foreset

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To set before or in front of; bar; block; impede.
  • (dialectal) To ordain; assign; allot in advance.
  • To propose, suggest

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An obstacle; hinderance.
  • That which is set ahead or before; proposal, suggestion.
  • (geology) The deposition of sediment by the turbidity currents above the reservoir water level.
    • Most deltas contain three different types of deposits: foreset , topset and bottomset beds.'' — '' Fluvial Landforms

    Derived terms

    * (geology) foreset bed

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Set in fore or front part; placed ahead.