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Seer vs Foreteller - What's the difference?

seer | foreteller | Synonyms |

Foreteller is a synonym of seer.



As nouns the difference between seer and foreteller

is that seer is agent noun of see; one who sees something; an eyewitness while foreteller is someone who foretells.

seer

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en noun)
  • Agent noun of see; one who sees something; an eyewitness.
  • Someone who foretells the future; a clairvoyant, prophet, soothsayer or diviner.

    • Etymology 2

    See sihr.

    Noun

    (en noun)

    • Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns ----

    foreteller

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who foretells.
  • * 2010 July 16, Laurie Winer, " Born to Check Mail" (book review of Hamlet's Blackberry'' by William Powers), ''New York Times (retrieved 24 Nov 2011):
    • But Powers, a former staff writer at The Washington Post who has written extensively on media and technology, is not simply an earnest foreteller of doom.

    Synonyms

    * prognosticator, prophet, seer * See