Intimation vs Presage - What's the difference?
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The act of intimating; also, the thing intimated.
Announcement; declaration.
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A hint; an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice; a remote or ambiguous reference; as, he had given only intimations of his design.
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* 1862 , (Henry David Thoreau), :
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.
As nouns the difference between intimation and presage
is that intimation is the act of intimating; also, the thing intimated while presage is a warning of a future event; an omen.As a verb presage is
to predict or foretell something.intimation
English
Noun
(en noun)- They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork, should be banished.
- Without mentioning the king of England, or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him.
- At length, perchance, the immaterial heaven will appear as much higher to the American mind, and the intimations that star it as much brighter.
presage
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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