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vaticination vs fortune telling

fortune telling vs vaticination

vaticination and fortune telling both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vaticination Yes No No No
fortune telling Yes No No No
As nouns, fortune telling is a hyponym of vaticination; that is, fortune telling 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)
  • fortune telling: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Other hyponyms of vaticination include crystal gazing, divination, foretelling, soothsaying.
vaticination (noun) fortune telling (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
Difference between vaticination and fortune telling

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