different between contemplation vs expectancy

English

Etymology

From Old French contemplation, from Latin contemplatio.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?nt?m?ple???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?nt?m?ple???n/
• Hyphenation: con?tem?pla?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

contemplation (countable and uncountable, plural contemplations)

1. The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers Chapter 22

     Mr. Pickwick congratulated the fortunate owner of the irresistible garments on their acquisition; and Mr. Peter Magnus remained a few moments apparently absorbed in contemplation.

2. Holy meditation.
   • 1851, The Annual Monitor for 1851, A Sketch of the Life and Labours of Patrick, The Apostle of the Irish

     Whilst he roamed about with his flocks, through ice and snow, communion with his God in prayer, and quiet contemplation, were his portion.

3. The act of looking forward to a future event
4. The state of being considered or planned.

Antonyms

• (musing): pragmatism

Related terms

• contemplate
• contemplational
• precontemplation

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin contempl?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.t??.pla.sj??/

Noun

contemplation f (plural contemplations)

1. contemplation

Related terms

• contemplateur
• contemplatif
• contempler

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

expectant +? -cy or expect +? -ancy

Noun

expectancy (countable and uncountable, plural expectancies)

1. Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
   • 1599, John Hayward, The First Part of the Life and Raigne of King Henrie IIII. Extending to the end of the first yeare of his raigne, London: John Woolfe, p. 39,^[1]

     […] the Dukes dissembled their feares, and dissolued their forces, and remained in expectancie what would ensue.

   • 1651, John Milton, The Life and Reigne of King Charls, London: W. Reybold, p. 110,^[2]

     If you foresee not this misery, and the fatall consequence which necessarily must follow such a turn of Fortune, I must leave you to your own will and expectancy […]

   • 1735, Alexander Pope, Mr. Pope’s Literary Correspondence, London: E. Curll, Volume 2, “The Feast of Trimalchio, Imitaded,” pp. 42-43,^[3]

     […] this is generally thought to represent the Vices of Nero, who […] did from the highest Expectancy become a stubborn and a foolish Tyrant.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter 34,^[4]

     Renewed hope followed renewed effort: it shone like the former for some weeks, then, like it, it faded, flickered: not a line, not a word reached me. When half a year wasted in vain expectancy, my hope died out, and then I felt dark indeed.

   • 1912, Saki, “The Match-Maker” in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, p. 23,^[5]

     Six minutes later Clovis approached the supper-table, in the blessed expectancy of one who has dined sketchily and long ago.

2. The state of being expected. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
3. (obsolete) Something expected or awaited.
   • c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1,^[6]

     O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!

     The courtier’s, scholar’s, soldier’s, eye, tongue, sword,

     Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state […]

   • 1791, John Trusler, The Habitable World Described, London, for the author, Volume 10, Chapter 9, p. 157,^[7]

     […] Frederic II. King of Prussia, in consequence of an expectancy granted to the house of Brandenburg, by the Emperor Leopold in 1604, took possession of East Friezland […]

Synonyms

• expectingness (rare)

Derived terms

• life expectancy

Translations