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Foretaste vs Forecast - What's the difference?

foretaste | forecast |

As nouns the difference between foretaste and forecast

is that foretaste is a taste beforehand; foresmack while forecast is an estimation of a future condition.

As verbs the difference between foretaste and forecast

is that foretaste is to taste beforehand while forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future.

foretaste

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A taste beforehand; foresmack.
  • A sample taken in anticipation; enjoyment taken in advance.

    • See also

    * aftertaste

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To taste beforehand.
  • To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
  • To taste before another.
  • *1667 , John Milton, Paradise lost :
    • [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    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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