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Prescriptive vs Prediction - What's the difference?

prescriptive | prediction |

As an adjective prescriptive

is of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.

As a noun prediction is

prediction (act of predicting).

prescriptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard.
  • *
    • For one thing, spoken language tends to be less subjected to prescriptive
    pressures than written language, and hence is a less artificial medium of com-
    munication (written language is often a kind of 'censored' version of spoken
    language). [...]

    Synonyms

    * normative

    Antonyms

    * descriptive (especially of grammar and usage) * proscriptive

    Derived terms

    * prescriptiveness

    Related terms

    * prescribe * prescription * prescriptive ethics * prescriptivism * prescriptivist * prescriptivity

    prediction

    English

    (wikipedia prediction)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A statement of what will happen in the future.
    • "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." (in translation from Danish)

    Synonyms

    * (statement about the future) forecast, halseny, prognosis, prognostication