Foresight vs Initiative - What's the difference?
foresight | initiative |
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
A beginning; a first move.
A new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem.
The ability to act first or on one's own.
An issue to be voted on, brought to the ballot by a sufficient number of signatures from among the voting public.
Serving to initiate; inceptive; initiatory; introductory; preliminary.
In which voter s can be brought to the ballot.
* John G. Matsusaka, "Direct Democracy and the Executive Branch", in, 2008, Shaun Bowler and Amihai Glazer, editors, Direct Democracy's Impact on American Political Institutions , , ISBN 9780230604452, page 122 [http://books.google.com/books?id=J6swcucKdNIC&pg=PA122&dq=initiative]:
As nouns the difference between foresight and initiative
is that foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future while initiative is .foresight
English
Noun
(-)- Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
Synonyms
* (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecyAntonyms
* hindsightDerived terms
* (l) * (l)Anagrams
* English abstract nounsinitiative
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (issue to be voted on) direct initiativeDerived terms
* direct initiativeAdjective
(-)- The second row shows that initiative states fill more constitutional offices by election than noninitiative states, and the difference is statistically significant after controlling for region and population.