Prophetic vs Harbinger - What's the difference?
prophetic | harbinger |
of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet
predicted, as by a prophecy
* Dryden
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
* Landor
(obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
As an adjective prophetic
is of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.As a noun harbinger is
a person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.As a verb harbinger is
to announce; to be a harbinger of.prophetic
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Alternative forms
* prophetical * prophetick (obsolete)Adjective
(-)- And fears are oft prophetic of the event.
harbinger
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Noun
(en noun)- I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
- (Fuller)