prospection

As nouns the difference between prospection and prosection

is that prospection is the action of looking forward into the future formed by analogy with retrospection not in common use, but there is some modern use and the oed gives citation back to the 19th and 17th centuries while prosection is an anatomical dissection carried out by an experienced anatomist as a demonstration for others.

As nouns the difference between retrospection and prospection

is that retrospection is the deliberate recall of past events while prospection is the action of looking forward into the future. Formed by analogy with retrospection. Not in common use, but there is some modern use and the OED gives citation back to the 19th and 17th centuries.