different between clairvoyant vs prophet

English

Etymology

From French clairvoyant, from clair (“clear”) + voyant (“seeing”), present participle of voir (“see”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kl???v??.?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kl???v??.?nt/
• Rhymes: -??.?nt

Adjective

clairvoyant (comparative more clairvoyant, superlative most clairvoyant)

1. Of or relating to clairvoyance.
2. Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
3. Able to foresee the future.
4. (computing) Relating to a form of parallel processing algorithm given advance information about the problem.

Derived terms

• clairvoyantly
• nonclairvoyant
• semiclairvoyant

Related terms

• clairvoyance
• clairvoyancy
• clairvoyee

Translations

Noun

clairvoyant (plural clairvoyants)

1. A person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses
2. A person able to foresee the future

Derived terms

• clairvoyante

Synonyms

• (person able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses): medium, mystic, seer
• (person able to foresee the future): fortune teller

Translations

Anagrams

• covariantly

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??.vwa.j??/

Adjective

clairvoyant (feminine singular clairvoyante, masculine plural clairvoyants, feminine plural clairvoyantes)

1. clairvoyant

English

Etymology

From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin proph?ta, from Ancient Greek ???????? (proph?t?s, “one who speaks for a god”), from ??? (pró, “before”) + ???? (ph?mí, “I tell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pr?f'it, IPA^(key): /?p??f.?t/
• (US) enPR: pr?f'it, IPA^(key): /?p??f.?t/
• Homophone: profit

Noun

prophet (plural prophets, feminine prophetess)

1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Noun

prophet

1. Alternative form of prophete