prognostication vs forecast

forecast vs prognostication

prognostication and forecast both are nouns.

prognostication is not a verb while forecast is a verb.

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

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

prognostication: a statement made about the future
forecast: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

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

prognostication (noun)	forecast (noun)
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)	a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
a statement made about the future
a sign of something about to happen

prognostication (verb)	forecast (verb)
	judge to be probable
	predict in advance
	indicate, as with a sign or an omen

Difference between prognostication and forecast

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