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Foreboding vs Forecast - What's the difference?

foreboding | forecast |

As nouns the difference between foreboding and forecast

is that foreboding is a sense of evil to come while forecast is an estimation of a future condition.

As verbs the difference between foreboding and forecast

is that foreboding is while forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future.

As an adjective foreboding

is of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.

foreboding

English

Alternative forms

* forboding (much less commonly used)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sense of evil to come.
  • * 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
  • A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.
  • An evil omen.
  • Synonyms

    * augury

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • forecast

    Verb

  • To estimate how something will be in the future.
  • to forecast the weather
    to forecast a storm
  • (obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
  • * Milton
  • If it happen as I did forecast .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An estimation of a future condition.
  • A prediction of the weather.
  • :* What's the forecast for tomorrow?