prediction vs projection

prediction and projection both are nouns.

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

As nouns, projection is a hyponym of prediction; that is, projection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prediction:

prediction: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
projection: a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations

Other hyponyms of prediction include prognostication, prophecy, vaticination, adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration.

prediction (noun)	projection (noun)
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)	the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
a statement made about the future	the act of projecting out from something
	any structure that branches out from a central support
	the representation of a figure or solid on a plane as it would look from a particular direction
	a planned undertaking
	a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
	the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
	the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
	any solid convex shape that juts out from something

prediction vs projection

prediction and projection both are nouns.

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