different between prophet vs farseer

English

Etymology

From Middle English prophete, from Anglo-Norman prophete, from Latin proph?ta, from Ancient Greek ???????? (proph?t?s, “one who speaks for a god”), from ??? (pró, “before”) + ???? (ph?mí, “I tell”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: pr?f'it, IPA^(key): /?p??f.?t/
• (US) enPR: pr?f'it, IPA^(key): /?p??f.?t/
• Homophone: profit

Noun

prophet (plural prophets, feminine prophetess)

1. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.

2. Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer.

Derived terms

Translations

Middle English

Noun

prophet

1. Alternative form of prophete

English

Etymology

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

Noun

farseer (plural farseers)

1. (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.

2. (fantasy, nonce word) An instrument or tool used to farsee; scope

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