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Premonition vs Prediction - What's the difference?

premonition | prediction |

As nouns the difference between premonition and prediction

is that premonition is a clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future while prediction is a statement of what will happen in the future.

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

    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