Foretell vs Prognosticate - What's the difference?
foretell | prognosticate | Synonyms |
To predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy.
* Alexander Pope
* C. Middleton
To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
To presage, betoken.
And constant stars in them I read such art
As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
Or else of thee this I prognosticate :
'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.' * *: ...to-morrow I intend lengthening the night till afternoon. I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least. * 1915 — ,
Foretell is a synonym of prognosticate.
As verbs the difference between foretell and prognosticate
is that foretell is to predict; to tell the future before it occurs; to prophesy while prognosticate is to predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.foretell
English
Verb
- Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold .
- Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and lustre of his character.
Derived terms
* foretellable * foretellerReferences
* *Anagrams
* English irregular verbsprognosticate
English
Verb
(prognosticat)- Examining the tea-leaves, she prognosticated dark days ahead.
- The bluebells may prognosticate an early spring this year.
Quotations
{{timeline, 1500s=1598, 1800s=1847, 1900s=1915}} * 1598 — *: But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,And constant stars in them I read such art
As 'Truth and beauty shall together thrive,
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert';
Or else of thee this I prognosticate :
'Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.' * *: ...to-morrow I intend lengthening the night till afternoon. I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least. * 1915 — ,
Voyage Outch. 2 *: All old people and many sick people were drawn, were it only for a foot or two, into the open air, and prognosticated pleasant things about the course of the world.