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Foretell vs Forecast - What's the difference?

foretell | forecast |

Forecast is a synonym of foretell.



As verbs the difference between foretell and forecast

is that foretell is to predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy while forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future.

As a noun forecast is

an estimation of a future condition.

foretell

English

Verb

  • To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold .
  • * C. Middleton
    • Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.

    Derived terms

    * foretellable * foreteller

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    * English irregular verbs

    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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