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Prescient vs Prefigure - What's the difference?

prescient | prefigure |

As an adjective prescient

is having knowledge of events before they take place; possessing or exhibiting prescience.

As a verb prefigure is

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prescient

English

Adjective

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

    • Anagrams

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    prefigure

    English

    Verb

  • To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand ((often used in a Biblical context))
  • To predict or foresee

    • Synonyms

    * presage * portend * foreshadow * announce

    Derived terms

    * prefigurement