Presage vs Precognition - What's the difference?
presage | precognition |
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.
(parapsychology) The ability to foresee the future.
(parapsychology) Knowledge of an event that is to occur in the future.
(Scotland) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.
As nouns the difference between presage and precognition
is that presage is a warning of a future event; an omen while precognition is the ability to foresee the future.As a verb presage
is to predict or foretell something.presage
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(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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