forecasting vs prediction

forecasting and prediction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
forecasting	Yes	No	No	No
prediction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, forecasting and prediction are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of forecasting include foretelling, prognostication.

forecasting (noun)	prediction (noun)
a statement made about the future	the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
	a statement made about the future