fortunetelling vs forecasting

fortunetelling and forecasting both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fortunetelling	Yes	No	No	No
forecasting	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, forecasting is a hypernym of fortunetelling; that is, forecasting is a word with a broader meaning than fortunetelling:

fortunetelling: the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
forecasting: a statement made about the future

Other hypernyms of fortunetelling include foretelling, prediction, prognostication.

fortunetelling (noun)	forecasting (noun)
the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)	a statement made about the future