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foreboding vs presage

presage vs foreboding

foreboding and presage both are nouns.

foreboding is an adjective but presage is not an adjective.

foreboding is not a verb while presage is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
foreboding Yes Yes No No
presage Yes No Yes No
As nouns, presage is a hypernym of foreboding; that is, presage is a word with a broader meaning than foreboding:
  • foreboding: an unfavorable omen
  • presage: a sign of something about to happen
Other hypernyms of foreboding include omen, portent, prodigy, prognostic, prognostication.
As nouns, presage is a hyponym of foreboding; that is, presage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foreboding:
  • foreboding: a feeling of evil to come
  • presage: a foreboding about what is about to happen
Other hyponyms of foreboding include shadow.
foreboding (noun) presage (noun)
an unfavorable omen a sign of something about to happen
a feeling of evil to come a foreboding about what is about to happen
foreboding (adjective) presage (adjective)
ominously prophetic
foreboding (verb) presage (verb)
indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Difference between foreboding and presage

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