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prognostication vs meteorology

meteorology vs prognostication

prognostication and meteorology both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prognostication Yes No No No
meteorology Yes No No No
As nouns, meteorology is a hyponym of prognostication; that is, meteorology is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than prognostication:
  • prognostication: a statement made about the future
  • meteorology: predicting what the weather will be
Other hyponyms of prognostication include extropy, fortunetelling, horoscope, weather forecasting, forecast, prognosis, divination, prophecy.
prognostication (noun) meteorology (noun)
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)
a statement made about the future predicting what the weather will be
a sign of something about to happen
Difference between prognostication and meteorology

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