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Clairvoyant vs Diviner - What's the difference?

clairvoyant | diviner |

As nouns the difference between clairvoyant and diviner

is that clairvoyant is a person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses while diviner is one who foretells the future.

As an adjective clairvoyant

is of or relating to clairvoyance.

clairvoyant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to clairvoyance.
  • Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  • Able to foresee the future.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  • A person able to foresee the future.
  • Synonyms

    * (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses) medium, mystic, seer * (person able to forsee the future) fortune teller

    Anagrams

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    diviner

    English

    Alternative forms

    * devynour, divinour (qualifier); divinor (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who foretells the future.
  • One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
  • Synonyms

    * (one who foretells the future) foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer * (one who searches for underground water) water diviner, dowser

    Derived terms

    * diviner's sage * water diviner

    Anagrams

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