different between prognostic vs manifestation

English

Alternative forms

• prognostick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin prognosticus, from Ancient Greek ???????????? (progn?stikós, “foreknowing”), from ???- (pró-) + ????????? (gn?stikós, “of or for knowing, good at knowing”), from ???????? (gign?sk?, “to learn to know, to perceive, to mark, to learn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p????n?st?k/, /p????n?st?k/

Adjective

prognostic (comparative more prognostic, superlative most prognostic)

1. Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.

Synonyms

• foretelling
• predictive

Translations

Noun

prognostic (plural prognostics)

1. (rare, medicine) prognosis
   • 1935, T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral, Part I:

     There are several opinions as to what he meant
     But no one considers it a happy prognostic.

   • 1809, Bartholomew Parr, "PROGNOSIS" in The London Medical Dictionary

     The appearance of the tongue is closely connected with the sense of thirst, and is of considerable importance as a prognostic.

2. A sign by which a future event may be known or foretold.
   • 1710, Jonathan Swift, "A Description of a City Shower"

     Careful observers may foretell the hour
     (By sure prognostics) when to dread a show’r.
     While rain depends, the pensive cat gives o’er
     Her frolics, and pursues her tail no more.

3. A prediction of the future.
4. One who predicts the future.

Synonyms

• (sign): indication, sign, omen, foretelling, prediction

Related terms

• prognostatic
• prognosis
• prognosticable
• prognosticate

Anagrams

• topscoring

Middle French

Noun

prognostic m (plural prognostics)

1. prognostic (prediction about the future)

Descendants

• French: pronostic

English

Etymology

From Latin manifestatio.Morphologically manifest +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn?f??ste???n/, /?mæn?f??ste???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

manifestation (countable and uncountable, plural manifestations)

1. The act or process of becoming manifest.

   The last known manifestation of the ghost was over ten years ago.

2. The embodiment of an intangible, or variable thing.

   This particular manifestation resembled a young girl crying.

3. (medicine) The symptoms or observable conditions which are seen as a result of some disease.
4. A pattern or logo on a sheet of glass, as decoration and/or to prevent people from accidentally walking into it.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Late Latin manifestatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ni.f?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

manifestation f (plural manifestations)

1. protest, demonstration
2. expression
3. assembly, gathering (of people for an event)
4. creation

Related terms

• manifester
• manifest

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

manifestation (plural manifestationes)

1. manifestation

Swedish

Noun

manifestation c

1. manifestation

Declension