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Prophet vs Premonition - What's the difference?

prophet | premonition |

As a proper noun prophet

is any of the prophets mentioned in the bible, especially an author of one of the prophets.

As a noun premonition is

a clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.

prophet

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
    • Muslims believe that Muhammad was the final prophet sent to mankind.
  • Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

    • Derived terms

    * prophecy * prophesise, prophesize nonstandard * prophesy * prophetess

    premonition

    English

    (wikipedia premonition)

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
  • A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).

    • Synonyms

    * bad feeling, gut feeling, vision, second sight (informal)

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