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adumbration vs anticipation

anticipation vs adumbration

adumbration and anticipation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adumbration Yes No No No
anticipation Yes No No No
As nouns, anticipation is a hypernym of adumbration; that is, anticipation is a word with a broader meaning than adumbration:
  • adumbration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  • anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Other hypernyms of adumbration include prediction, prevision.
adumbration (noun) anticipation (noun)
a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
an expectation
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
Difference between adumbration and anticipation

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