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Augury vs Showing - What's the difference?

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Augury is a related term of showing.


As nouns the difference between augury and showing

is that augury is a divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals while showing is an occasion when something is shown.

As a verb showing is

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augury

English

Noun

(auguries)
  • A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
  • (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
  • * (Edgar Allan Poe)
    • In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
  • An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=2 citation , passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "augury")

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hyponyms

    * ailuromancy, felidomancy (cats) * alectryomancy (chickens) * arachnomancy (spiders) * auspice (birds) * entomomancy (insects) * hippomancy (horses) * ichthyomancy (fish) * myomancy (mice) * myrmomancy (ants) * ophiomancy (snakes) * zoomancy (any animal)

    Related terms

    * augur

    showing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An occasion when something is shown.
    • We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.
  • A result, a judgement.
    • He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.