The difference between Forecast and Project
When used as nouns, forecast means an estimation of a future condition, whereas project means a planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
When used as verbs, forecast means to estimate how something will be in the future, whereas project means to extend beyond a surface.
check bellow for the other definitions of Forecast and Project
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Forecast as a verb:
To estimate how something will be in the future.
Examples:
"to forecast the weather"
"to forecast a storm"
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Forecast as a verb (obsolete):
To contrive or plan beforehand.
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Forecast as a noun:
An estimation of a future condition.
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Forecast as a noun:
A prediction of the weather.
Examples:
"* What's the forecast for tomorrow?"
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Forecast as a noun (betting):
Exacta.
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Project as a noun:
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
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Project as a noun (usually plural, US):
An urban low-income housing building.
Examples:
"Projects like Pruitt-Igoe were considered irreparably dangerous and demolished."
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Project as a noun (dated):
An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
Examples:
"a man given to projects"
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Project as a noun (obsolete):
A projectile.
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Project as a noun (obsolete):
A projection.
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Project as a noun (obsolete):
The place from which a thing projects.
Examples:
"rfquotek Holland"
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Project as a verb (intransitive):
To extend beyond a surface.
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Project as a verb (transitive):
To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
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Project as a verb (transitive):
To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
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Project as a verb (transitive):
To make plans for; to forecast.
Examples:
"The [[CEO]] is projecting the completion of the acquisition by April 2007."
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Project as a verb (transitive, reflexive):
To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
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Project as a verb (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis):
To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own personality.
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Project as a verb (cartography):
To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.