Augur vs Premonition - What's the difference?
augur | premonition |
A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
* Dryden
(Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
As nouns the difference between augur and premonition
is that augur is augur (diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds), especially in the context of ancient rome while premonition is a clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.augur
English
(wikipedia augur)Noun
(en noun)- Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found / Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
Verb
- to augur well or ill