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Preoccupation vs Foresight - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between preoccupation and foresight

is that preoccupation is the state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

preoccupation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
  • The act of occupying something before someone else.
  • Synonyms

    * preoccupancy

    foresight

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
  • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
  • the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
  • (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
  • Synonyms

    * (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy

    Antonyms

    * hindsight

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)