Premonition vs Foresight - What's the difference?
premonition | foresight |
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
As nouns the difference between premonition and foresight
is that premonition is a clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.premonition
English
(wikipedia premonition)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* bad feeling, gut feeling, vision, second sight (informal)References
foresight
English
Noun
(-)- Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.