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anticipation vs projection

projection vs anticipation

anticipation and projection both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anticipation Yes No No No
projection Yes No No No
As nouns, projection is a hyponym of anticipation; that is, projection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anticipation:
  • anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
  • projection: a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
Other hyponyms of anticipation include prognostication, prophecy, vaticination, adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration.
anticipation (noun) projection (noun)
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
something expected (as on the basis of a norm) the act of projecting out from something
an expectation any structure that branches out from a central support
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
a planned undertaking
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
any solid convex shape that juts out from something
Difference between anticipation and projection

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