Divination vs Foreboding - What's the difference?
divination | foreboding | Synonyms |
(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
(countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.
A sense of evil to come.
* 1956 — , The City and the Stars , p 41
An evil omen.
Of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.
Divination is a synonym of foreboding.
As nouns the difference between divination and foreboding
is that divination is (uncountable) the act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events while foreboding is a sense of evil to come.As an adjective foreboding is
of ominous significance; serving as an ill omen; foretelling of harm or difficulty.As a verb foreboding is
.divination
English
(wikipedia divination)Noun
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* star divinationSee also
* (Methods of divination) ----foreboding
English
Alternative forms
* forboding (much less commonly used)Noun
(en noun)- A sense of foreboding , the like of which he had never known before, hung heavily on him.