different between fortuneteller vs farseer

English

fortuneteller (plural fortunetellers)

From far +? seer. Compare German Fernseher (“television”).

farseer (plural farseers)

(fantasy) One who farsees; prophet; soothsayer; fortuneteller.
- 1989, Jerry Pournelle, John F. Carr, The Crash of empire:
  "I received word from the Farseer only this morning. They had been studying the motion of the central band in Brutus, […] "The men of the Farseer could not be mistaken?
- 2008, Marc Gascoigne, Christian Dunn, Let the Galaxy Burn:
  The farseer opened its right hand and its witchblade leapt from the sheath across its back and settled into his grip.
(fantasy, nonce word) An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope

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