Prevail vs Forsee - What's the difference?
prevail | forsee |
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
* , Exodus 17:11
To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
To neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.
*1882 , Victor Roy, A Masonic Poem by Harriet Annie Wilkins :
*1841', Gordon, ''History of Scots Affairs, from 1637 - 1641'' (quote from ' 1638 ):
*
To oversee; superintend; direct.
As verbs the difference between prevail and forsee
is that prevail is to be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others while forsee is to neglect; overlook; disregard; despise.prevail
English
Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.
Derived terms
* cooler heads will prevailReferences
* *forsee
English
Verb
- Could I forsee the sunken rocks of life?
- The reasone why the Commissioner did so muche presse the reading of the declinator was, because he forsaw that they meant to putt him to a dilemma which still should bring ane inconvenience along with it [...]
- It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one.