foretelling vs divination

foretelling and divination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foretelling	Yes	No	No	No
divination	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foretelling and divination are synonyms defined as:

foretelling and divination: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

Other synonyms of foretelling include fortune telling, soothsaying.

As nouns, divination is a hyponym of foretelling; that is, divination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than foretelling:

foretelling: a statement made about the future
divination: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

Other hyponyms of foretelling include extropy, fortunetelling, horoscope, meteorology, weather forecasting, forecast, prognosis, prophecy.

foretelling (noun)	divination (noun)
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means	the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
a statement made about the future	a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
	successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

foretelling vs divination

foretelling and divination both are nouns.

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