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Ported vs Harbinger - What's the difference?

ported | harbinger |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between ported and harbinger

is that ported is (obsolete) having gates while harbinger is (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.

As verbs the difference between ported and harbinger

is that ported is (port) while harbinger is to announce; to be a harbinger of.

As an adjective ported

is (obsolete) having gates.

As a noun harbinger is

a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

ported

English

Verb

(head)
  • (port)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Having gates.
  • We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. — Chapman.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    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

    Verb

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

    * herald

    References

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    See also

    *bellwether