prognostication vs divination

prognostication and divination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
prognostication	Yes	No	No	No
divination	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, divination is a hyponym of prognostication; that is, divination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prognostication:

prognostication: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
divination: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

Other hyponyms of prognostication include crystal gazing, foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying.

As nouns, divination is a hyponym of prognostication; that is, divination is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prognostication:

prognostication: a statement made about the future
divination: a prediction uttered under divine inspiration

Other hyponyms of prognostication include extropy, fortunetelling, horoscope, meteorology, weather forecasting, forecast, prognosis, prophecy.

prognostication (noun)	divination (noun)
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)	the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
a statement made about the future	a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
a sign of something about to happen	successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck

prognostication vs divination

prognostication and divination both are nouns.

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