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Forcast vs Foresight - What's the difference?

forcast | foresight |

As nouns the difference between forcast and foresight

is that forcast is while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

As a verb forcast

is (obsolete) to cast away; reject.

forcast

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . Compare (l).

Verb

  • (obsolete) To cast away; reject.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) forcast, variant of forecast.

    Noun

    (head)

    • 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