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Prevenance vs Prevenancy - What's the difference?

prevenance | prevenancy |

As nouns the difference between prevenance and prevenancy

is that prevenance is a going before; anticipation in sequence or order while prevenancy is (obsolete) the act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc, by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.

prevenance

English

Noun

  • A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
  • * Ward
    • The law of prevenance is simply the well-known law of phenomenal sequence.
    (Webster 1913)

    prevenancy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
    • (Sterne)
    (Webster 1913)