Difference between Expect and Anticipate

What is the difference between Expect and Anticipate?

Expect as a verb is to look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as i expect to receive wages; i expect that the troops will be defeated. while Anticipate as a verb is to act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.

Expect

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To look for (mentally); to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look for with some confidence; to anticipate; -- often followed by an infinitive, sometimes by a clause (with, or without, that); as I expect to receive wages; I expect that the troops will be defeated. to consider obligatory or required; to consider reasonably due; To wait for; to await.

Example sentence: I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. It will be the greatest disappointment of my life if I don't go out with Halley's Comet. The Almighty has said, no doubt: 'Now here are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.'

Anticipate

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.to know of (something) before it manifests.to eagerly wait for (something)

Example sentence: You can drive yourself crazy and tie yourself in knots trying to anticipate what someone's going to like or not like, and doing test screenings and opinion polls. But pay too much mind to that, and you'll wind up with a big pile of mush.

We hope you now know whether to use Expect or Anticipate in your sentence.

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