different between divination vs prognostication

English

Etymology

From Old French divination, from Latin divinatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

divination (countable and uncountable, plural divinations)

1. (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
2. The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
3. (countable) An indication of what is to come in the future or what is secret; a prediction.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:divination

Derived terms

• star divination

Related terms

• divine
• predivination

Translations

See also

• Methods of divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin d?v?n?ti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

divination f (plural divinations)

1. divination

Further reading

• “divination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

divination f (plural divinations)

1. divination (act of divining)

Related terms

• diviner

English

Etymology

From Old French pronosticacion, from Medieval Latin prognosticatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

prognostication (countable and uncountable, plural prognostications)

1. A statement about or prior knowledge of the future.
   • 1837, The Dublin University Magazine

     She could have joined most comfortably in all their supposings, and suspicions, and doubts, and prognostications, but the honour of the family was too nearly concerned to allow free reins to her tongue.

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