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adumbration vs prevision

prevision vs adumbration

adumbration and prevision both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
adumbration Yes No No No
prevision Yes No No No
As nouns, prevision is a hypernym of adumbration; that is, prevision is a word with a broader meaning than adumbration:
  • adumbration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  • prevision: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Other hypernyms of adumbration include anticipation, prediction.
adumbration (noun) prevision (noun)
a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation the power to foresee the future
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Difference between adumbration and prevision

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