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Presentiment vs Misgiving - What's the difference?

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Presentiment is a related term of misgiving.


As nouns the difference between presentiment and misgiving

is that presentiment is a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen while misgiving is doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread.

presentiment

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
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  • * 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

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    misgiving

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
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    • Usage notes

    Almost always used in the plural.

    Synonyms

    * doubt

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