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Diviner vs Prognosticator - What's the difference?

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Diviner is a related term of prognosticator.


As nouns the difference between diviner and prognosticator

is that diviner is one who foretells the future while prognosticator is one who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses.

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

    Related terms

    * see divine

    Anagrams

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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