different between boding vs presage

English

Etymology

From bode +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??d??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bo?d??/
• Hyphenation: bod?ing

Adjective

boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)

1. foreboding, ominous, portending.

Noun

boding (plural bodings)

1. gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.

Verb

boding

1. present participle of bode

Anagrams

• Dobing

English

Etymology

From Middle French presage, from Latin praes?gium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??s?d?/, /p???se?d?/
• Rhymes: -e?d?
• Hyphenation: pre?sage

Noun

presage (plural presages)

1. A warning of a future event; an omen.
2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
   • 1855, Robert Browning, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came”, XXII:

     Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!

Translations

Verb

presage (third-person singular simple present presages, present participle presaging, simple past and past participle presaged)

1. (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
   • (Q2 version):

     If I may tru?t the flattering truth of ?leepe, / My dreames pre?age ?ome ioyfull newes at hand?: / My bo?omes L. ?its lightly in his throne?: / And all this day an vnaccu?tom’d ?pirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]
2. (intransitive) To make a prediction.
3. (transitive) To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow.

Synonyms

• foreshadow
• forespell
• portend

Translations

Anagrams

• asperge, preages, sperage