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Presage vs Adumbrate - What's the difference?

presage | adumbrate |

As verbs the difference between presage and adumbrate

is that presage is while adumbrate is to foreshadow vaguely.

presage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A warning of a future event; an omen.
  • An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
  • Verb

    (presag)
  • To predict or foretell something.
  • * Shakespeare
  • My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. }}
  • To make a prediction.
  • To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
  • Synonyms

    * foreshadow * portend

    adumbrate

    English

    Verb

  • To foreshadow vaguely.
  • To give a vague outline.
  • To obscure or overshadow.
  • Derived terms

    * adumbrant * adumbration * adumbrative ----