different between providential vs auspicious

English

Etymology

From Latin pr?videntia (“providence”) +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??v??d?n?l?/

Adjective

providential (comparative more providential, superlative most providential)

1. Pertaining to divine providence. [from 17th c.]
   • 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 88:

     The same belief underlay the providential view of history, in which the rise and fall of nations appeared as the expression of God's unsearchable purposes.

2. Fortunate, as if occurring through the intervention of Providence. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: heaven-sent, fortunate, lucky, serendipitous

Derived terms

• providentially

Related terms

• providence

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Alternative forms

• auspitious (obsolete)

Etymology

From auspice +? -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sp???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Adjective

auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)

1. Of good omen; indicating future success.
2. Conducive to success.

   Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky

3. Marked by success; prosperous.

   Synonyms: lucky, fortunate

Antonyms

• disastrous
• ruinous
• inauspicious
• ominous

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