Foresight vs. Prophecy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Foresight and Prophecy
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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
Prophecy
A prediction of what will happen in the future
A bleak prophecy of war and ruin
Foresight
The front sight of a gun.
Prophecy
A prophecy is a message that is claimed by a prophet to have been communicated to them by a deity. Such messages typically involve inspiration, interpretation, or revelation of divine will concerning the prophet's social world and events to come (compare divine knowledge).
Foresight
A sight taken forwards.
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Prophecy
An inspired utterance of a prophet, viewed as a revelation of divine will.
Foresight
The ability or action of imagining or anticipating what might happen in the future.
Prophecy
A prediction of the future, made under divine inspiration.
Foresight
Care in providing for the future
Spending all of your money at once shows little foresight.
Prophecy
Such an inspired message or prediction transmitted orally or in writing.
Foresight
The ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future.
Having the foresight to prepare an evacuation plan may have saved their lives.
Prophecy
The vocation or condition of a prophet.
Foresight
The front sight on a rifle or similar weapon
Prophecy
A prediction.
Foresight
(surveying) a bearing taken forwards towards a new object
Prophecy
A prediction, especially one made by a prophet or under divine inspiration.
French writer Nostradamus made a prophecy in his book.
Foresight
The act or the power of foreseeing; prescience; foreknowledge.
Prophecy
The public interpretation of Scripture.
Foresight
Action in reference to the future; provident care; prudence; wise forethought.
This seems an unseasonable foresight.
A random expense, without plan or foresight.
Prophecy
A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams.
Prophecy came not in old time by the will of man.
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.
Prophecy
A book of prophecies; a history; as, the prophecy of Ahijah.
Foresight
Providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
Prophecy
Public interpretation of Scripture; preaching; exhortation or instruction.
Foresight
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Prophecy
Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
Prophecy
A prediction uttered under divine inspiration
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