prognosticate vs forecast

prognosticate is not a noun while forecast is a noun.

prognosticate and forecast both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prognosticate	No	No	Yes	No
forecast	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, forecast is a hyponym of prognosticate; that is, forecast is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prognosticate:

prognosticate: make a prediction about; tell in advance
forecast: predict in advance

Other hyponyms of prognosticate include read, outguess, second-guess, augur, bet, wager, calculate, prophesy, vaticinate.

As verbs, prognosticate and forecast are synonyms defined as:

prognosticate and forecast: indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Other synonyms of prognosticate include augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage.

prognosticate (noun)	forecast (noun)
	a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

prognosticate (verb)	forecast (verb)
make a prediction about; tell in advance	judge to be probable
indicate, as with a sign or an omen	predict in advance
	indicate, as with a sign or an omen

prognosticate vs forecast

prognosticate is not a noun while forecast is a noun.

prognosticate and forecast both are verbs.

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