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Augur vs Prognosticator - What's the difference?

augur | prognosticator | Synonyms |

Augur is a synonym of prognosticator.


As nouns the difference between augur and prognosticator

is that augur is augur (diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds), especially in the context of ancient rome while prognosticator is one who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses.

augur

English

(wikipedia augur)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
  • * Dryden
    • Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found / Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
  • (Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.

    • Verb

  • To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
  • To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.
    • to augur well or ill

    Derived terms

    * augury

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    prognosticator

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses
  • :Plenty of prognosticators try to forecast the ups and downs of the market.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=June 26 , author=Genevieve Koski , title=Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts. }} English agent nouns