Presage vs Pointer - What's the difference?
presage | pointer | Related terms |
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
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To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
Anything that points or is used for pointing.
A needle-like component of a timepiece or measuring device that indicates the time or the current reading of the device.
A breed of hunting dog.
(programming) A variable that holds the address of a memory location where a value can be stored.
(computing) An icon that indicates the position of the mouse; a cursor.
A tip, a bit of advice (usually plural.)
(in combinations) Something worth a given number of points.
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Presage is a related term of pointer.
As a verb presage
is .As a noun pointer is
anything that points or is used for pointing.presage
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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Synonyms
* foreshadow * portendpointer
English
Noun
(en noun)- The instructor gave me some pointers on writing a good paper.
- a ten-pointer
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