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Wariness vs Foresight - What's the difference?

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Wariness is a synonym of foresight.


As nouns the difference between wariness and foresight

is that wariness is vigilance or the condition of being alert while foresight is the ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.

wariness

English

Noun

(-)
  • vigilance or the condition of being alert
  • precautionary forethought to avoid harm or risk

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    foresight

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
    • Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
  • the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
  • (surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object

    • Synonyms

    * (ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future) prescience, foreknowledge, divination, clairvoyance, prophecy

    Antonyms

    * hindsight

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * foresee * backsight

    Anagrams

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