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geomancy vs fortune telling

fortune telling vs geomancy

geomancy and fortune telling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
geomancy Yes No No No
fortune telling Yes No No No
As nouns, fortune telling is a hypernym of geomancy; that is, fortune telling is a word with a broader meaning than geomancy:
  • geomancy: divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
  • fortune telling: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Other hypernyms of geomancy include divination, foretelling, soothsaying.
geomancy (noun) fortune telling (noun)
divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Difference between geomancy and fortune telling

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