Foresight vs. Hindsight
Difference Between Foresight and Hindsight
Foresight➦
the ability to predict what will happen or be needed in the future
he had the foresight to check that his escape route was clear
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Hindsight➦
Perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
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Foresight➦
the front sight of a gun.
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Hindsight➦
The rear sight of a firearm.
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Foresight➦
a sight taken forwards.
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Hindsight➦
Realization or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
You know what they say, hindsight is twenty-twenty.
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Foresight➦
The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
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Hindsight➦
(rare) The rear sight of a firearm.
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Foresight➦
Care in providing for the future
Spending all of your money at once shows little foresight.
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Hindsight➦
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight.
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Foresight➦
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
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Hindsight➦
understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;
hindsight is always better than foresight
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Foresight➦
the front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
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Foresight➦
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
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Foresight➦
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
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Foresight➦
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable foresight.
A random expense, without plan or foresight.
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Foresight➦
Any sight or reading of the leveling staff, except the backsight; any sight or bearing taken by a compass or theodolite in a forward direction.
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Foresight➦
providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
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Foresight➦
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
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