forecast vs prefigure

forecast

verb
  • To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance. 

  • To estimate how something will be in the future. 

noun
  • exacta 

  • An estimation of a future condition. 

  • A prediction of the weather. 

prefigure

verb
  • To predict or foresee. 

  • To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand (often used in a Biblical context). 

noun
  • That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger. 

How often have the words forecast and prefigure occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )