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Envision vs Presage - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between envision and presage

is that envision is to conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine while presage is to have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

As a noun presage is

a warning of a future event; an omen.

envision

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
  • Synonyms

    * envisage, visualize, dream, imagine

    presage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A warning of a future event; an omen.
  • An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
  • Verb

    (presag)
  • To predict or foretell something.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. }}
  • To make a prediction.
  • To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
  • Synonyms

    * foreshadow * portend