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Presentiment vs Hunch - What's the difference?

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Presentiment is a related term of hunch.


As nouns the difference between presentiment and hunch

is that presentiment is a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen while hunch is a hump; a protuberance.

As a verb hunch is

to slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.

presentiment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
  • *
  • * 1973 , Sidney Sheldon, The Other Side of Midnight :
    • Everything on the surface appeared to be just as it ought to be. And yet Constantin Demiris still felt that vague sense of unease, a presentiment of trouble.

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    hunch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A hump; a protuberance.
  • A stooped or curled posture; a slouch.
    • The old man walked with a hunch .
  • A theory, idea, or guess.
    • I have a hunch they'll find a way to solve the problem.
  • A hunk; a lump; a thick piece.
    • a hunch of bread
  • A push or thrust, as with the elbow.

    • Synonyms

    * (guess) hint, clue

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To slouch, stoop, curl, or lean.
    • Do not hunch over your computer if you want to avoid neck problems.
  • To push or jostle with the elbow; to push or thrust suddenly.
  • To thrust out a hump or protuberance; to crook, as the back.
    • (Dryden)

    Derived terms

    * hunchback * play a hunch, play one's hunch, follow one's hunch