war cloud vs preindication

war cloud and preindication both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
war cloud	Yes	No	No	No
preindication	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, preindication is a hypernym of war cloud; that is, preindication is a word with a broader meaning than war cloud:

war cloud: an ominous sign that war threatens
preindication: an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

Other hypernyms of war cloud include augury, foretoken, sign.

war cloud (noun)	preindication (noun)
an ominous sign that war threatens	an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come