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Precognition vs Divination - What's the difference?

precognition | divination |

As nouns the difference between precognition and divination

is that precognition is the ability to foresee the future while divination is the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.

precognition

English

(wikipedia precognition)

Noun

  • (parapsychology) The ability to foresee the future.
  • (parapsychology) Knowledge of an event that is to occur in the future.
  • (Scotland) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.

    • Synonyms

    * clairvoyance

    Derived terms

    * precognitive

    Related terms

    * cognition

    divination

    English

    (wikipedia divination)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
  • The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
  • (countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * star divination

    Related terms

    * divine * predivination

    See also

    * (Methods of divination) ----