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Foresight vs Farsightedness - What's the difference?

foresight | farsightedness |

As nouns the difference between foresight and farsightedness

is that foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future while farsightedness is the condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.

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

    farsightedness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia
  • The quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future

    • Synonyms

    * hyperopia (1) * longsightedness (1,2)

    Antonyms

    * myopia * shortsightedness (1,2)