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meteorology vs prognostication

prognostication vs meteorology

meteorology and prognostication both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
meteorology Yes No No No
prognostication Yes No No No
As nouns, prognostication is a hypernym of meteorology; that is, prognostication is a word with a broader meaning than meteorology:
  • meteorology: predicting what the weather will be
  • prognostication: a statement made about the future
Other hypernyms of meteorology include forecasting, foretelling, prediction.
meteorology (noun) prognostication (noun)
the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather) knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
predicting what the weather will be a statement made about the future
a sign of something about to happen
Difference between meteorology and prognostication

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