Foretaste vs Forerunner - What's the difference?
foretaste | forerunner |
A taste beforehand; foresmack.
A sample taken in anticipation; enjoyment taken in advance.
To taste beforehand.
To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
To taste before another.
*1667 , John Milton, Paradise lost :
a runner at the front or ahead
(sport) by extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
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a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
(philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own
something that introduces a part of the properties offered by some later thing.
As nouns the difference between foretaste and forerunner
is that foretaste is a taste beforehand; foresmack while forerunner is a runner at the front or ahead.As a verb foretaste
is to taste beforehand.foretaste
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(en noun)See also
* aftertasteVerb
(en-verb)- [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]
Derived terms
* (l)forerunner
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Noun
(en noun)- Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.