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vaticination vs foretelling

foretelling vs vaticination

vaticination and foretelling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vaticination Yes No No No
foretelling Yes No No No
As nouns, foretelling is a hyponym of vaticination; that is, foretelling is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vaticination:
  • vaticination: knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
  • foretelling: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Other hyponyms of vaticination include crystal gazing, divination, fortune telling, soothsaying.
vaticination (noun) foretelling (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
Difference between vaticination and foretelling

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