Foretell vs Preempt - What's the difference?
foretell | preempt |
To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.
* Alexander Pope
* C. Middleton
to appropriate something (before someone else does)
to displace something, or take precedence over something
(bridge) to make a preemptive bid at bridge
As verbs the difference between foretell and preempt
is that foretell is to predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy while preempt is (nonstandard).foretell
English
Verb
- Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold .
- Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.