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Prediction vs Vaticination - What's the difference?

prediction | vaticination | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between prediction and vaticination

is that prediction is a statement of what will happen in the future while vaticination is prediction, prophecy.

prediction

English

(wikipedia prediction)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A statement of what will happen in the future.
    • "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." (in translation from Danish)

    Synonyms

    * (statement about the future) forecast, halseny, prognosis, prognostication

    vaticination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Prediction, prophecy.
  • * 1759 , , The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)
    • Yorick scarce ever heard this sad vaticination of his destiny read over to him, but with a tear stealing from his eye.
  • * 1836 ,
  • *:Every surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain respect, and we learn to prefer imperfect theories, and sentences which contain glimpses of truth, to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion.

    • Related terms

    * vaticinatory

    Anagrams

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