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prognostication vs prevision

prevision vs prognostication

prognostication and prevision both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prognostication Yes No No No
prevision Yes No No No
As nouns, prevision is a hypernym of prognostication; that is, prevision is a word with a broader meaning than prognostication:
  • prognostication: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
  • prevision: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Other hypernyms of prognostication include anticipation, prediction.
prognostication (noun) prevision (noun)
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) the power to foresee the future
a statement made about the future a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
a sign of something about to happen seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Difference between prognostication and prevision

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