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Prospective vs Ensuing - What's the difference?

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Prospective is a related term of ensuing.


As adjectives the difference between prospective and ensuing

is that prospective is likely or expected to happen or become while ensuing is refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.

As a noun prospective

is (obsolete) the scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.

As a verb ensuing is

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prospective

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Likely or expected to happen or become.
    • Prospective students are those who have already applied to the university, but have yet to be admitted.
  • Anticipated in the near or far future.
  • Of or relating to a prospect; furnishing a prospect.
  • * Milton
    • Time's long and dark prospective glass.
  • Looking forward in time; acting with foresight.
  • * Sir J. Child
    • The French king and king of Sweden are circumspect, industrious, and prospective , too, in this affair.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The scene before or around, in time or in space; view; prospect.
  • (obsolete) A perspective glass.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Beaumont and Fletcher)
  • (informal, often plural) A (potential) member, student, employee, date, partner, etc.
    • Would you like to show the prospective around?
    I'm meeting the prospectives at 3.
  • * 2006 , Verve: The Spirit of Today's Woman , volume 14, issues 4-6, page 114:
    • At the moment, meeting interesting, 'could be, maybe not' prospectives around the globe keeps her entertained.

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    ensuing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.
    • We watched the derailment and ensuing train wreck with a mixture of fascination and horror.

    Synonyms

    * concomitant