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Prefigure vs Herald - What's the difference?

prefigure | herald |

As verbs the difference between prefigure and herald

is that prefigure is while herald is to proclaim or announce an event.

As a noun herald is

a messenger, especially one bringing important news.

prefigure

English

Verb

  • To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand ((often used in a Biblical context))
  • To predict or foresee

    • Synonyms

    * presage * portend * foreshadow * announce

    Derived terms

    * prefigurement

    herald

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
    • The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
  • A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
    • Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
  • (heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of arms.
    • Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
  • (entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix .

    • Synonyms

    * (messenger) messenger * (harbinger) harbinger * (official whose speciality is heraldry) pursuivant

    Related terms

    * heraldic * heraldry

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To proclaim or announce an event.
    • Daffodils herald the Spring.

    Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs