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Foretaste vs Harbinger - What's the difference?

foretaste | harbinger |

In lang=en terms the difference between foretaste and harbinger

is that foretaste is to taste before another while harbinger is to announce; to be a harbinger of.

As nouns the difference between foretaste and harbinger

is that foretaste is a taste beforehand; foresmack while harbinger is a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

As verbs the difference between foretaste and harbinger

is that foretaste is to taste beforehand while harbinger is to announce; to be a harbinger of.

foretaste

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A taste beforehand; foresmack.
  • A sample taken in anticipation; enjoyment taken in advance.

    • See also

    * aftertaste

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To taste beforehand.
  • To taste before possession; have previous experience of; enjoy by anticipation.
  • To taste before another.
  • *1667 , John Milton, Paradise lost :
    • [...] foretast'd fruit, Profan'd first by the serpent [...]

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    harbinger

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
  • * Landor
    • I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
  • (obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
    • (Fuller)

    Synonyms

    * forewarning, herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal, prophet

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To announce; to be a harbinger of.

    • Synonyms

    * herald

    References

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    See also

    *bellwether