Forecast vs Presage - What's the difference?
forecast | presage | Synonyms |
To estimate how something will be in the future.
(obsolete) To contrive or plan beforehand.
* Milton
An estimation of a future condition.
A prediction of the weather.
:* What's the forecast for tomorrow?
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
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To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
As verbs the difference between forecast and presage
is that forecast is to estimate how something will be in the future while presage is to predict or foretell something.As nouns the difference between forecast and presage
is that forecast is an estimation of a future condition while presage is a warning of a future event; an omen.forecast
English
(wikipedia forecast)Verb
- to forecast the weather
- to forecast a storm
- If it happen as I did forecast .
Noun
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* *presage
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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