prodigy vs foretoken

prodigy and foretoken both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prodigy	Yes	No	No	No
foretoken	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, foretoken is a hypernym of prodigy; that is, foretoken is a word with a broader meaning than prodigy:

prodigy: a sign of something about to happen
foretoken: an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

Other hypernyms of prodigy include augury, preindication, sign.

prodigy (noun)	foretoken (noun)
an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality	an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
a sign of something about to happen
an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration