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Prescient vs Predictive - What's the difference?

prescient | predictive |

As adjectives the difference between prescient and predictive

is that prescient is having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience while predictive is useful in predicting.

prescient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience.

    • Anagrams

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    predictive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Useful in predicting.
  • :The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
  • (computing) Describing a predictor.

    • Derived terms

    *predictive text

    Antonyms

    *reactive