prefigure vs imagine

prefigure and imagine both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prefigure	No	No	Yes	No
imagine	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, imagine is a hypernym of prefigure; that is, imagine is a word with a broader meaning than prefigure:

prefigure: imagine or consider beforehand
imagine: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Other hypernyms of prefigure include conceive of, envisage, ideate.

prefigure (verb)	imagine (verb)
indicate, as with a sign or an omen	expect, believe, or suppose
imagine or consider beforehand	form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case