The difference between Anticipate and Await
When used as verbs, anticipate means to act before (someone), especially to prevent an action, whereas await means to wait for.
Await is also noun with the meaning: a waiting for.
check bellow for the other definitions of Anticipate and Await
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Anticipate as a verb (transitive):
To act before (someone), especially to prevent an action.
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Anticipate as a verb:
to take up or introduce (something) prematurely.
Examples:
"The advocate plans to anticipate a part of her argument."
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Anticipate as a verb:
to know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
Examples:
"to anticipate the pleasures of a visit"
"to anticipate the evils of life"
"Please anticipate a journey of an hour from your house to the airport"
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Anticipate as a verb:
to eagerly wait for (something)
Examples:
"Little Johnny started to anticipate the arrival of Santa Claus a week before Christmas."
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Await as a verb (transitive, formal):
To wait for.
Examples:
"I await your reply to my letter."
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Await as a verb (transitive):
To expect.
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Await as a verb (transitive):
To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for.
Examples:
"Glorious rewards await the good in heaven; eternal suffering awaits mortal sinners in hell."
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Await as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To serve or attend; to wait on, wait upon.
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Await as a verb (intransitive):
To watch, observe.
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Await as a verb (intransitive):
To wait; to stay in waiting.
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Await as a noun (obsolete):
A waiting for; ambush.
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Await as a noun (obsolete):
Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation.