different between foretoken vs showing

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English foretokne, fortacne, from Old English foret?cn, foret?cen (“foretoken, presage, prognostic, prodigy, sign, wonder”), equivalent to fore- +? token. Cognate with Dutch voorteken, German Low German Vörteken, German Vorzeichen.

Noun

foretoken (plural foretokens)

1. A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentment.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *foretoknen, fortaknen, from Old English foret?cnian (“to foreshow”).

Verb

foretoken (third-person singular simple present foretokens, present participle foretokening, simple past and past participle foretokened)

1. (transitive) To betoken beforehand; prognosticate; foreshadow; give warning of; presage.

Derived terms

• foretokening

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??????/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??o???/
• Rhymes: -????

Verb

showing

1. present participle of show

Noun

showing (plural showings)

1. An occasion when something is shown.

   We went to the midnight showing of the new horror movie.

2. A result, a judgement.

   He made a poor showing at his first time at bat.

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