Despite
the phonetic and semantic differences between these words, most English users
still use them wrongly. For this purpose, I decided to publish this
article.
The word 'prophecy' is
a noun, and its last syllable, 'cy,' is pronounced sea. A prophecy is knowledge of the future – usually said to have come from a
divine source.
Examples
1. The prophecies of the
prophet have all come true.
2. Adaeze has the gift of
prophecy.
On the other hand, the
word 'prophesy' is a verb, and its last syllable, 'sy,' is pronounced sigh. To prophesy means to predict the future – usually with divine inspiration.
Examples
1. He prophesies a great
war between East and West.
2. They prophesied that a
flood would cover the Earth.
From the foregoing, while
'prophecy' solely functions as a noun, 'prophesy' solely functions as a verb.
Therefore, it will be wrong to use 'prophecy' and 'prophesy' as a verb and a
noun respectively.