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Telepath vs Augur - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between telepath and augur

is that telepath is a person with telepathic ability; capable of reading the thoughts of others around them while augur is a diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.

As verbs the difference between telepath and augur

is that telepath is to communicate by thought; to use telepathy while augur is to foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.

telepath

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (parapsychology, science fiction) A person with telepathic ability; capable of reading the thoughts of others around them.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (parapsychology, science fiction) To communicate by thought; to use telepathy.
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1896 , date = October , magazine = Journal of the Society for Psychical Research , title = A Diary of Telepathic Impressions , url = http://archive.org/details/journalofsociety07sociuoft , volume = 7 , issue = 132 , page = 300 , passage = Jan. 3rd, 1984.—I was in the front sitting-room and dare not go out of the room for the cold; my plants were awfully dry, and hearing E. [her niece] in the kitchen, I telepathed to her to bring me in some water. She at once came with a jug full and asked if I would water the plants. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
  • , year = 1947 , date = June , first = Raymond A. , last = Palmer , authorlink = Raymond A. Palmer , magazine = , title = Observatory , url = , volume = 21 , issue = 6 , page = 9 , passage = He does not attribute one single experience to what we might term a "ghost" for lack of a better term. Witches, poltergeists, goblins, gremlins, fairies, dwarfs—all of them are real, physical, alive, being either the real thing or the teleported or telepathed image of the real thing. }}
  • * 1973 February, , Iron Man , number 55:
  • Thanos: "Did you not suspect I could tell you had been telepathing ?"

    See also

    * empath * technopath * cyberpath

    augur

    English

    (wikipedia augur)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
  • * Dryden
  • Augur of ill, whose tongue was never found / Without a priestly curse or boding sound.
  • (Ancient Rome) An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events.
  • Verb

  • To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events.
  • To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue.
  • to augur well or ill

    Derived terms

    * augury