Providence vs Provision - What's the difference?
providence | provision |
Divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; fate
Any of several cities named for this force, particularly the capital of the American state of Rhode Island
An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
* Francis Bacon
* Milton
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
Money set aside for a future event.
(accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
(legal) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
(Roman Catholic) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
(UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
As nouns the difference between providence and provision
is that providence is preparation for the future; good governance, foresight while provision is an item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.As a proper noun Providence
is divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; fate.As a verb provision is
to supply with provisions.providence
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Proper noun
(en proper noun)provision
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Noun
(en noun)- making provision for the relief of strangers
- And of provisions laid in large, / For man and beast.
- (Shakespeare)
- We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
- An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
- (Blackstone)