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prefiguration vs prevision

prevision vs prefiguration

prefiguration and prevision both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prefiguration Yes No No No
prevision Yes No No No
As nouns, prevision is a hypernym of prefiguration; that is, prevision is a word with a broader meaning than prefiguration:
  • prefiguration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  • prevision: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Other hypernyms of prefiguration include anticipation, prediction.
prefiguration (noun) prevision (noun)
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand the power to foresee the future
an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Difference between prefiguration and prevision

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