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signal vs presage

presage vs signal

signal and presage both are nouns.

signal is an adjective but presage is not an adjective.

signal and presage both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
signal Yes Yes Yes No
presage Yes No Yes No
As verbs, presage is a hyponym of signal; that is, presage is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than signal:
  • signal: be a signal for or a symptom of
  • presage: indicate, as with a sign or an omen
Other hyponyms of signal include augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, prognosticate, mark.
signal (noun) presage (noun)
any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message a sign of something about to happen
any incitement to action a foreboding about what is about to happen
an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
signal (adjective) presage (adjective)
notably out of the ordinary
signal (verb) presage (verb)
communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs indicate, as with a sign or an omen
be a signal for or a symptom of
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