Clue vs Foreboding - What's the difference?
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A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
(slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)
To provide with a clue.
To provide someone with information which he or she lacks (often used with "in" or "up").
A sense of evil to come.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
An evil omen.
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Clue is a related term of foreboding.
As nouns the difference between clue and foreboding
is that clue is a strand of yarn etc as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide while foreboding is a sense of evil to come.As verbs the difference between clue and foreboding
is that clue is to provide with a clue while foreboding is .As an adjective foreboding is
of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.clue
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Noun
(en noun)- she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue .
Synonyms
* (information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion) hint, indication, suggestion * (object or indication which may be used as evidence) signatureDerived terms
* * clueless * cluestick / clue stick * cluey * have a clue * not have a clueSee also
* evidence * red herringVerb
- The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
- Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.
Derived terms
* clued-in * clued-upforeboding
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Alternative forms
* forboding (much less commonly used)Noun
(en noun)- A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.