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Clairvoyant vs Portentous - What's the difference?

clairvoyant | portentous |

As adjectives the difference between clairvoyant and portentous

is that clairvoyant is of or relating to clairvoyance while portentous is of momentous or ominous significance.

As a noun clairvoyant

is a person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.

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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    portentous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of momentous or ominous significance.
  • Ominously prophetic.
  • Puffed up with vanity.

    • Related terms

    * portent