come about vs anticipate

anticipate vs come about

come about and anticipate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
come about	No	No	Yes	No
anticipate	No	No	Yes	No

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

come about: come to pass
anticipate: be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

Other hyponyms of come about include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, develop, recur, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.

come about (verb)	anticipate (verb)
come to pass	be a forerunner of or occur earlier than
	regard something as probable or likely
	realize beforehand
	make a prediction about; tell in advance
	be excited or anxious about
	act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

Difference between come about and anticipate

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