prophecy vs anticipation

prophecy and anticipation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prophecy	Yes	No	No	No
anticipation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, anticipation is a hypernym of prophecy; that is, anticipation is a word with a broader meaning than prophecy:

prophecy: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

Other hypernyms of prophecy include prediction, prevision.

prophecy (noun)	anticipation (noun)
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)	the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
a prediction uttered under divine inspiration	something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
	an expectation
	anticipating with confidence of fulfillment