different between forecasting vs careful

English

Etymology 1

From forecast +? -ing.

Verb

forecasting

1. present participle of forecast

Etymology 2

From Middle English forcastyng, forcastynge, equivalent to forecast +? -ing.

Noun

forecasting (plural forecastings)

1. A forecast or prediction.
   • 1852, The Dublin University Magazine (page 66)

     There were sneers, and scoffs, and inuendoes of some; prophecies of failure in a hundred ways; forecastings of non-completion, forecastings of swift dissolution and crashing ruin […]

English

Alternative forms

• carefull (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English careful, from Old English carful; equivalent to care +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??f?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?(?)?f?l/

Adjective

careful (comparative more careful, superlative most careful)

1. Taking care; attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.

2. Conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.

3. (obsolete) Full of care or grief; sorrowful, sad.
4. (obsolete) Full of cares or anxiety; worried, troubled.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:

     Where through long watch, and late daies weary toile, / She soundly slept, and carefull thoughts did quite assoile.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cautious
• See also Thesaurus:meticulous

Antonyms

• careless

Derived terms

• carefully
• carefulness

Translations

Anagrams

• acreful