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Foreshadowing vs Forecast - What's the difference?

foreshadowing | forecast |

As verbs the difference between foreshadowing and forecast

is that foreshadowing is while forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future.

As nouns the difference between foreshadowing and forecast

is that foreshadowing is a literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story while forecast is an estimation of a future condition.

foreshadowing

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia foreshadowing) (en noun)
  • A literary device in which an author drops subtle hints about plot developments to come later in the story.

    • 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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