different between prediction vs augury

English

Alternative forms

• prædiction (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedictio, praedictionis; equivalent to predict +? -ion. Equivalent to Germanic forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???d?k?n/

Noun

prediction (plural predictions)

1. A statement of what will happen in the future.

   "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Yogi Berra or Robert Storm Petersen (in translation from Danish)

2. A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

Synonyms

• (statement about the future): forecast, foretale, foretelling, halseny, prognosis, prognostication

Related terms

• predict

Translations

English

Etymology

augur +? -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?j?.?i/

Noun

augury (countable and uncountable, plural auguries)

1. A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
2. (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
   • 1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe

     In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.

   • 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 15:

     No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!

3. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:augury.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:omen

Hyponyms

Related terms

• augur

Translations