Foresight vs. Hindsight — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foresight and Hindsight
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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
Hindsight
Perception of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred.
Foresight
The front sight of a gun.
Hindsight
The rear sight of a firearm.
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.
Foresight
The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
Hindsight
(rare) The rear sight of a firearm.
Foresight
Care in providing for the future
Spending all of your money at once shows little foresight.
Hindsight
Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight.
Foresight
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
Hindsight
Understanding the nature of an event after it has happened;
Hindsight is always better than foresight
Foresight
The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
Foresight
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Foresight
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Foresight
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable foresight.
A random expense, without plan or foresight.
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.
Foresight
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
Foresight
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
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