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fortune teller vs soothsayer

soothsayer vs fortune teller

fortune teller and soothsayer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
fortune teller Yes No No No
soothsayer Yes No No No
As nouns, soothsayer is a hypernym of fortune teller; that is, soothsayer is a word with a broader meaning than fortune teller:
  • fortune teller: a person who foretells your personal future
  • soothsayer: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Other hypernyms of fortune teller include forecaster, predictor, prognosticator.
fortune teller (noun) soothsayer (noun)
a person who foretells your personal future someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Difference between fortune teller and soothsayer

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