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Presentient vs Clairvoyant - What's the difference?

presentient | clairvoyant |

As adjectives the difference between presentient and clairvoyant

is that presentient is having a presentiment while clairvoyant is of or relating to clairvoyance.

As a noun clairvoyant is

a person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.

presentient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a presentiment.
  • Not yet having achieved sentience.
  • a presentient foetus

    clairvoyant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or relating to clairvoyance.
  • Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  • Able to foresee the future.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
  • A person able to foresee the future.
  • Synonyms

    * (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses) medium, mystic, seer * (person able to forsee the future) fortune teller

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