Forecast vs Prevision - What's the difference?
forecast | prevision | Synonyms |
To estimate how something will be in the future.
(obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
* Milton
An estimation of a future condition.
A prediction of the weather.
:* What's the forecast for tomorrow?
Advance knowledge; foresight.
*1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
*:it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce.
*1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
*:The whole discussion is concerned with City States, and their is no prevision of their obsolescence.
A prediction.
To predict or envision the future.
As verbs the difference between forecast and prevision
is that forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future while prevision is to predict or envision the future.As nouns the difference between forecast and prevision
is that forecast is an estimation of a future condition while prevision is advance knowledge; foresight.forecast
English
(wikipedia forecast)Verb
- to forecast the weather
- to forecast a storm
- If it happen as I did forecast .