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Forethought vs Forethoughtful - What's the difference?

forethought | forethoughtful |

Forethoughtful is a derived term of forethought.



As adjectives the difference between forethought and forethoughtful

is that forethought is thought of, or planned, beforehand while forethoughtful is having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.

As a noun forethought

is thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.

forethought

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration; premeditation.
  • :With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now.
  • Anticipation.
  • Provident care; prudence.

    • Derived terms

    * (l)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Thought of, or planned, beforehand.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • Forethought malice.

    forethoughtful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having or full of forethought; provident; proactive; visionary.
  • * 1827 , , Religious Characteristics , William Blackwood (Edinburgh), p. 290 (Google preview):
    • But we live in an age of the world when a spirit is abroad which is more than directly and blessedly influential on the present,— which is forethoughtful and prospective, casting its relations like strong grappling-irons over the future, and claiming its issues.
  • * 1913 , , Gold , ch. 3:
    • Meal times always caught the majority unaware. They tumbled and jostled down the companionways only to find the wise and forethoughtful had preëmpted every chair.
  • * 2006 , , BSI Starside: The Cause of Death , ISBN 9780553901382, p. 225 (Google preview):
    • And I should have been forethoughtful enough to see the looming danger.

    Derived terms

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