Herald vs Prognostic - What's the difference?
herald | prognostic | Related terms |
A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of arms.
(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix .
(rare, medicine) prognosis
A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
A prediction of the future.
* Macaulay
One who predicts the future.
Herald is a related term of prognostic.
As nouns the difference between herald and prognostic
is that herald is a messenger, especially one bringing important news while prognostic is (rare|medicine) prognosis.As a verb herald
is to proclaim or announce an event.As an adjective prognostic is
of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.herald
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Noun
(en noun)- The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
- Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
- Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
Synonyms
* (messenger) messenger * (harbinger) harbinger * (official whose speciality is heraldry) pursuivantAnagrams
* English transitive verbsprognostic
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Alternative forms
* prognostick (obsolete)Synonyms
* foretelling * predictiveNoun
(en noun)- (Parr)
- Careful observers may foretell the hour
- (By sure prognostics) when to dread a show’r.
- While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o’er
- Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more. Jonathan Swift
- The choice of a successor was no light matter. That choice would inevitably be considered by the country as a prognostic of the highest import.