Forbode vs Presage - What's the difference?
forbode | presage |
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To portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen.
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times
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To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
As verbs the difference between forbode and presage
is that forbode is or forbode can be to portend or foretell, especially of ill; to serve as a sign or ill omen while presage is .As a noun forbode
is a forbidding, prohibition.forbode
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) forbode, forbod, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l)Etymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) . More at (l).Verb
(head)Etymology 3
From (etyl) foreboden, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* forebode (much more commonly used)Verb
(forbod)- The dark clouds forbode of fierce storms.
Synonyms
* (to portend or foretell) foretell, portend, predictpresage
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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