belief vs prospect

prospect vs belief

belief and prospect both are nouns.

belief is not a verb while prospect is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
belief	Yes	No	No	No
prospect	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, prospect is a hyponym of belief; that is, prospect is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than belief:

belief: any cognitive content held as true
prospect: belief about (or mental picture of) the future

Other hyponyms of belief include article of faith, conviction, strong belief, faith, trust, doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought, philosophy, expectation, outlook, fetichism, fetishism, geneticism, meliorism, opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view, autotelism, originalism, pacificism, pacifism, faith, religion, religious belief, opinion, popular opinion, public opinion, vox populi, revolutionism, sacerdotalism, spiritualism, spiritual domain, spiritual world, unseen, suffragism, supernaturalism, superstition, superstitious notion, supremacism, theory, theosophism, thought, totemism, tribalism, values, vampirism, individualism, spiritual being, supernatural being.

belief (noun)	prospect (noun)
any cognitive content held as true	a prediction of the course of a disease
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed	the visual percept of a region
	belief about (or mental picture of) the future
	someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
	the possibility of future success

belief (verb)	prospect (verb)
	explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals
	search for something desirable

Difference between belief and prospect

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