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onomancy vs fortune telling

fortune telling vs onomancy

onomancy and fortune telling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
onomancy Yes No No No
fortune telling Yes No No No
As nouns, fortune telling is a hypernym of onomancy; that is, fortune telling is a word with a broader meaning than onomancy:
  • onomancy: divination by the letters of a name
  • fortune telling: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Other hypernyms of onomancy include divination, foretelling, soothsaying.
onomancy (noun) fortune telling (noun)
divination by the letters of a name the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Difference between onomancy and fortune telling

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