different between anticipator vs anticipation

English

Etymology

anticipate +? -or

Noun

anticipator (plural anticipators)

1. One who anticipates.
2. A device in a thermostat that determines when to turn on or shut off the heating or cooling mechanism.

Latin

Verb

anticip?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of anticip?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of anticip?

Romanian

Etymology

From French anticipateur.

Adjective

anticipator m or n (feminine singular anticipatoare, masculine plural anticipatori, feminine and neuter plural anticipatoare)

1. anticipatory

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin anticipatio; compare with French anticipation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æn.t?s.??pe?.??n/, /æn.t?s.??pe?.??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

anticipation (countable and uncountable, plural anticipations)

1. The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
2. The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
   • November 20, 1836, Samuel Thodey, The Honour Attached to Eminent Piety and Usefulness

     anticipation of that final hour which he had long contemplated as near at hand
3. (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
4. (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
5. (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
6. (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.

Synonyms

• expectingness

Hyponyms

• (anticipating, expectation): apprehension, dread; see also anxiety#Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

References

• anticipation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• anticipation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.ti.si.pa.sj??/

Noun

anticipation f (plural anticipations)

1. anticipation

Further reading

• “anticipation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).