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Forerunner vs Foretoken - What's the difference?

forerunner | foretoken | Synonyms |

Forerunner is a synonym of foretoken.


As nouns the difference between forerunner and foretoken

is that forerunner is a runner at the front or ahead while foretoken is a prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.

As a verb foretoken is

to betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage.

forerunner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a runner at the front or ahead
  • (sport) by extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
  • a precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead
  • * '>citation
  • a forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor
  • (philately) a postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own
  • something that introduces a part of the properties offered by some later thing.
    • Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

    foretoken

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl), from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) *.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning; presage.
    • Derived terms
    * (l)