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Forestalled vs Forewarned - What's the difference?

forestalled | forewarned |

As verbs the difference between forestalled and forewarned

is that forestalled is (forestall) while forewarned is (forewarn).

forestalled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (forestall)

    • forestall

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) forstal, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l), (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete, or, historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
  • Something situated or placed in front.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
    • Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
  • To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
    • In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
  • (archaic) To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price.
  • To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
  • * Milton
    • What need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid?
  • * 1919 ,
    • She insisted on doing her share of the offices needful to the sick. She arranged his bed so that it was possible to change the sheet without disturbing him. She washed him. She did not speak to him much, but she was quick to forestall his wants.
  • To deprive (with of ).
  • * Shakespeare
    • All the better; may / This night forestall him of the coming day!
  • To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * forestaller * forestalment * forestallment

    Anagrams

    * English words prefixed with fore-

    forewarned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (forewarn)

    • Derived terms

    * forewarned is forearmed

    forewarn

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To warn in advance.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
    • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=4 citation , passage=“I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I??? Why didn’t I telephone??? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned , should escape. …”}}

    Usage notes

    Some discourage this use, finding the term redundant, as a warning is necessarily in advance. However, considering the word's continued presence in the English language ever since the time of the Anglo-Saxons (when it was first coined), the legitimacy of such complaints is somewhat questionable.The dictionary of disagreeable English, Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006, p. 160 Additionally, many others argue that forewarn' is simple emphasis (rather than redundancy), has connotations of “well in advance” (“Watch out!” and “Watch your head!” are warnings, but not forewarnings), and has connotations of “''correct'' prediction”, as in foretell. Both '''forewarn''' and (term) are well-established words, with ' forewarn being attested since 1330.

    Related terms

    * fore- * foretell

    Derived terms

    * forewarned is forearmed

    References

    * “ Forewarning signs”, The Grammarphobia Blog, May 8, 2007