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Presale vs Presage - What's the difference?

presale | presage |

As a noun presale

is the sale of something privately, before it is available to the public.

As a verb presage is

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presale

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The sale of something privately, before it is available to the public
  • The sale of a property before it is built

    • Anagrams

    * * * *

    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