Suggestion vs Presage - What's the difference?
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(countable) Something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for )
(uncountable) The act of suggesting.
(countable, psychology) Something implied, which the mind is liable to take as fact.
A warning of a future event; an omen.
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
To predict or foretell something.
* Shakespeare
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To make a prediction.
To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.
As nouns the difference between suggestion and presage
is that suggestion is something suggested (with subsequent adposition being for while presage is a warning of a future event; an omen.As a verb presage is
to predict or foretell something.suggestion
English
(wikipedia suggestion)Noun
- I have a small suggestion for fixing this: try lifting the left side up a bit.
- Traffic signs seem to be more of a suggestion than an order.
- Suggestion often works better than explicit demand.
- He's somehow picked up the suggestion that I like peanuts.
Synonyms
* (something suggested) proposal * See alsoDerived terms
* autosuggestion * hypnotic suggestion * power of suggestion * suggestion boxpresage
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(presag)- My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
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