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augury vs prognostication

prognostication vs augury

augury and prognostication both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
augury Yes No No No
prognostication Yes No No No
As nouns, prognostication is a hyponym of augury; that is, prognostication is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than augury:
  • augury: an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
  • prognostication: a sign of something about to happen
Other hyponyms of augury include war cloud, omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic.
augury (noun) prognostication (noun)
an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
a statement made about the future
a sign of something about to happen
Difference between augury and prognostication

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