Forewarning vs Presage - What's the difference?
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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.
Forewarning is a related term of presage.
As verbs the difference between forewarning and presage
is that forewarning is while presage is .As a noun forewarning
is an advance warning; an omen.presage
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(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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