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Outlook vs Presentiment - What's the difference?

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Outlook is a related term of presentiment.


As nouns the difference between outlook and presentiment

is that outlook is a place from which something can be viewed while presentiment is a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.

As a verb outlook

is to face down; to outstare.

outlook

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place from which something can be viewed.
    • Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook .
  • The view from such a place.
  • An attitude or point of view.
    • He has a positive outlook on life.
  • Expectation for the future.
    • The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.

    Synonyms

    * (place from which something can be viewed ): * (view from such a place ): * (attitude, point of view ): attitude, opinion, point of view, viewpoint * (expectation for the future ): expectation, prognosis

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To face down; to outstare.
  • * Shakespeare
    • To outlook conquest, and to win renown.
  • To inspect throughly; to select.
    • (Cotton)

    Anagrams

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    presentiment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
  • *
  • * 1973 , Sidney Sheldon, The Other Side of Midnight :
    • Everything on the surface appeared to be just as it ought to be. And yet Constantin Demiris still felt that vague sense of unease, a presentiment of trouble.

    Synonyms

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