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foretelling vs vaticination

vaticination vs foretelling

foretelling and vaticination both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
foretelling Yes No No No
vaticination Yes No No No
As nouns, vaticination is a hypernym of foretelling; that is, vaticination is a word with a broader meaning than foretelling:
  • foretelling: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
  • vaticination: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
Other hypernyms of foretelling include prognostication, prophecy.
foretelling (noun) vaticination (noun)
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
a statement made about the future
Difference between foretelling and vaticination

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