different between foreshot vs foreshow

English

Etymology

From fore- +? shot.

Noun

foreshot (plural foreshots)

1. The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled
2. (chiefly sports) A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.

   Foreshots knock the ball forward.

3. A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
   • 1997, Proceedings of the Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, volume 2:

     Twelve foreshot and twelve backshot records at varying offsets were acquired for each geophone setup to achieve 24 fold duplicity.

4. (architecture) A portion of a building that protrudes out.
5. (photography or cinematography) The foreground of a photographic image.

Verb

foreshot

1. simple past tense and past participle of foreshoot

Coordinate terms

• midshot, backshot

References

• OED 2nd edition (online)

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English foresc?awian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- +? show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.

Alternative forms

• foreshew

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f??????/, /f??????/

Verb

foreshow (third-person singular simple present foreshows, present participle foreshowing, simple past foreshowed, past participle foreshown)

1. (transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To foreshadow or prefigure.
   • 1841, Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu, The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England:

     But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain.

Etymology 2

From fore- +? show.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?????/, /?f?????/

Noun

foreshow (plural foreshows)

1. (obsolete) A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
   • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.139:

     The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […].