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Premonition vs Auspice - What's the difference?

premonition | auspice | Synonyms |

Premonition is a synonym of auspice.


As nouns the difference between premonition and auspice

is that premonition is a clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future while auspice is (chiefly|in the plural) patronage or protection.

premonition

English

(wikipedia premonition)

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
  • A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).

    • Synonyms

    * bad feeling, gut feeling, vision, second sight (informal)

    References

    auspice

    English

    (wikipedia auspice)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Patronage or protection.
    • This building was built under the auspices of the Friends of the Poor.
  • An omen or a sign.
    • The circle of vultures was not a good auspice .
  • (obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.

    • Hypernyms

    * (patronage or protection) support * (divination from the actions of birds) augury, fortunetelling, divination

    Related terms

    * auspiced * auspicing * auspicious

    See also

    * allspice ----