Foresight vs. Premonition — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foresight and Premonition
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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
Premonition
A presentiment of the future; a foreboding
I had a premonition that our risky endeavor would end badly.
Foresight
The front sight of a gun.
Premonition
A warning in advance; a forewarning
That skirmish was a premonition of battles to come.
Foresight
A sight taken forwards.
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Premonition
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
Foresight
The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
Premonition
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
Foresight
Care in providing for the future
Spending all of your money at once shows little foresight.
Premonition
Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.
Foresight
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
Premonition
A feeling of evil to come;
A steadily escalating sense of foreboding
The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Foresight
The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
Premonition
An early warning about a future event
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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