Portent vs Foreboding - What's the difference?
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Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.
A portending; significance; as, a howl of dire portent.
Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.
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.
As nouns the difference between portent and foreboding
is that portent is something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen 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
present participle of lang=en.portent
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* See alsoforeboding
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* 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.