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life expectancy vs anticipation

anticipation vs life expectancy

life expectancy and anticipation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
life expectancy Yes No No No
anticipation Yes No No No
As nouns, anticipation is a hypernym of life expectancy; that is, anticipation is a word with a broader meaning than life expectancy:
  • life expectancy: an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities
  • anticipation: something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
Other hypernyms of life expectancy include expectancy.
life expectancy (noun) anticipation (noun)
an expected time to live as calculated on the basis of statistical probabilities 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
Difference between life expectancy and anticipation

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