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foreboding vs prognostication

prognostication vs foreboding

foreboding and prognostication both are nouns.

foreboding is an adjective but prognostication is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
foreboding Yes Yes No No
prognostication Yes No No No
As nouns, prognostication is a hypernym of foreboding; that is, prognostication is a word with a broader meaning than foreboding:
  • foreboding: an unfavorable omen
  • prognostication: a sign of something about to happen
Other hypernyms of foreboding include omen, portent, presage, prodigy, prognostic.
foreboding (noun) prognostication (noun)
an unfavorable omen knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
a feeling of evil to come a statement made about the future
a sign of something about to happen
foreboding (adjective) prognostication (adjective)
ominously prophetic
Difference between foreboding and prognostication

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