Prophecy vs Foresight - What's the difference?
prophecy | foresight | Synonyms |
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
* 1967 , George King, The Five Temples Of God , The Aetherius Society (2014 edition),
* Marjorie Garber, “ ” (Quotation Marks)'' in 2001 , S.I. Salamensky, ''Talk, Talk, Talk: The Cultural Life of Everyday Conversation , Routledge,
* 2013 , Theodor Adorno, The Jargon of Authenticity , Routledge,
* 2014 , Emran El-Badawi, The Qur'an and the Aramaic Gospel Traditions , Routledge,
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Foresight is a synonym of prophecy.
As nouns the difference between prophecy and foresight
is that prophecy is a prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.As a verb prophecy
is dated form of lang=en.prophecy
English
(wikipedia prophecy)Noun
(prophecies)- French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book .
Derived terms
* self-fulfilling prophecy * self-defeating prophecyVerb
(en-verb)page 19:
- The manipulation of these tremendous beneficient energies helped the world so well that the vast majority of these prophecied catastrophies did not happen.
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- One prophecied a change of fortunes for the club:
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- The Heideggerian tone of voice is indeed prophecied in Schiller’s discussion of dignity.
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- the parable in Mark 12:1—5 where some of Jesus’s followers who prophecied and were martyred in Antioch (Q 36;13—25; cf. 11:91);
foresight
English
Noun
(-)- Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.