projection vs prediction

prediction vs projection

projection and prediction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, prediction is a hypernym of projection; that is, prediction is a word with a broader meaning than projection:

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

Other hypernyms of projection include anticipation, prevision.

projection (noun)	prediction (noun)
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting	the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
the act of projecting out from something	a statement made about the future
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

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