Difference between Provident and Prudent

What is the difference between Provident and Prudent?

Provident as an adjective is with care and consideration for the future. while Prudent as an adjective is sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; careful, discreet, sensible; -- opposed to rash; directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence;

Provident

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: With care and consideration for the future.

Prudent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; careful, discreet, sensible; -- opposed to rash; directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence;Practically wise, judicious, shrewdFrugal; economical; not extravagant;

Example sentence: The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation.

We hope you now know whether to use Provident or Prudent in your sentence.

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