Promising vs Propitious - What's the difference?
promising | propitious | Synonyms |
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
The act of making a promise.
* 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
Favorable; benevolent (e.g. propitious weather )
(archaic) Favorably disposed towards someone.
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Characteristic of a good omen: auspicious.
Promising is a synonym of propitious.
As adjectives the difference between promising and propitious
is that promising is showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion while propitious is favorable; benevolent (eg propitious weather ).As a verb promising
is .As a noun promising
is the act of making a promise.promising
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(en adjective)Verb
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(en noun)- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".