foreshadowing vs anticipation
anticipation vs foreshadowingforeshadowing and anticipation both are nouns.
foreshadowing is an adjective but anticipation is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| foreshadowing | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| anticipation | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
anticipation is a hypernym of
foreshadowing; that is, anticipation is a
word with a broader meaning than foreshadowing:
- foreshadowing: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
- anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Other hypernyms of foreshadowing include
prediction, prevision.
| foreshadowing (noun) | anticipation (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
| something expected (as on the basis of a norm) | |
| an expectation | |
| anticipating with confidence of fulfillment |
| foreshadowing (adjective) | anticipation (adjective) |
|---|---|
| indistinctly prophetic |
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