anticipate vs prophesy

anticipate and prophesy both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
anticipate	No	No	Yes	No
prophesy	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, prophesy is a hyponym of anticipate; that is, prophesy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anticipate:

Other hyponyms of anticipate include read, outguess, second-guess, augur, bet, wager, calculate, forecast, vaticinate.

anticipate (verb)	prophesy (verb)
be a forerunner of or occur earlier than	predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
regard something as probable or likely	deliver a sermon
realize beforehand
make a prediction about; tell in advance
be excited or anxious about
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time