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Messenger vs Omen - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between messenger and omen

is that messenger is one who brings messages while omen is something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.

As verbs the difference between messenger and omen

is that messenger is to send something by messenger while omen is to be an omen of.

messenger

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who brings messages.
  • (nautical) A light line with which a heavier line may be hauled e.g. from the deck of a ship to the pier.
  • The supporting member of an aerial cable (electric power or telephone or data).
  • (legal) A person appointed to perform certain ministerial duties under bankrupt and insolvent laws, such as to take charge of the estate of the bankrupt or insolvent.
  • (Bouvier)
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    Derived terms

    * instant messenger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To send something by messenger.
  • I'll messenger over the signed documents.

    omen

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia omen)
  • Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.
  • the ghost's appearance was an ill omen
    a rise in imports might be an omen of recovery
    the egg has, during the span of history, represented mystery, magic, medicine, food and omen
  • * 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
  • Day broke. He saw three black hens asleep in a tree. He shuddered, horrified at this omen . Then he promised the Holy Virgin three chasubles for the church, and that he would go barefooted from the cemetery at Bertaux to the chapel of Vassonville.
  • prophetic significance
  • a sign of ill omen

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "omen": good, ill, bad, auspicious, evil, favorable, happy, lucky.

    Synonyms

    * portent, sign, signal, token, forewarning, warning, danger sign, foreshadowing, prediction, forecast, prophecy, harbinger, augury, auspice, presage, straw in the wind, (hand)writing on the wall, indication, hint, foretoken; see also

    Verb

  • To be an omen of.
  • To divine or predict from omens.
  • Synonyms

    * prognosticate, betoken, forecast, foretell, portend, foreshadow, bode, augur, prefigure, predict, auspicate, presage

    See also

    * augury * foreboding * portend * portent

    Anagrams

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