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Boding vs Signifying - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between boding and signifying

is that boding is present participle of bode while signifying is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun boding

is an omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.

As an adjective boding

is portending, ominous.

boding

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An omen, a prediction of disaster, a portent.
  • * Washington Irving, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    • The boding of the tree toad.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • portending, ominous

    • Verb

    (head)

    • signifying

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * (c. 1603), Act V, Scene V:
    • Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
    that struts and frets his hour upon the stage
    and then is heard no more: it is a tale
    told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
    signifying nothing.