different between prevision vs prescience

English

Alternative forms

• prævision (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English previsioun, from Old French prevision, from Late Latin praevisio, praevisionem, from Latin praevideo.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???v??(?)n/

Noun

prevision (countable and uncountable, plural previsions)

1. Advance knowledge; foresight.
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     it was the beginning for her of a deeper prevision that, in spite of Miss Overmore's brilliancy and Mrs. Wix's passion, she should live to see a change in the nature of the struggle she appeared to have come into the world to produce.

   • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:

     The whole discussion is concerned with City States, and there is no prevision of their obsolescence.

2. A prediction.

Verb

prevision (third-person singular simple present previsions, present participle previsioning, simple past and past participle previsioned)

1. To predict or envision the future.

English

Alternative forms

• præscience (archaic)

Etymology

From French prescience, from Latin praescientia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s?.?ns/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p????ns/

Noun

prescience (usually uncountable, plural presciences)

1. Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge.
   • 1754, Jonathan Edwards, An Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting that Freedom of the Will which is supposed to be Essential to Moral Agency

     God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents

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