different between prophet vs vaticide

prophet

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

prophet From the web:

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  • what prophet was sawed in half


vaticide

English

Etymology

From Latin; the first element is v?t?s. Equivalent to +? -cide.

Noun

vaticide (countable and uncountable, plural vaticides)

  1. The murder of a prophet.
  2. (rare) A murderer of a prophet.

Anagrams

  • cavitied, viciated

vaticide From the web:

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