conceive of vs prefigure

prefigure vs conceive of

conceive of and prefigure both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conceive of	No	No	Yes	No
prefigure	No	No	Yes	No

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

conceive of: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case
prefigure: imagine or consider beforehand

Other hyponyms of conceive of include envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize, visualise, visualize, envision, foresee, fantasise, fantasize, think, fantasise, fantasize, fantasy, daydream, dream, stargaze, woolgather.

conceive of (verb)	prefigure (verb)
form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case	indicate, as with a sign or an omen
	imagine or consider beforehand

Difference between conceive of and prefigure

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