different between telepath vs diviner

English

Etymology

From telepathy.

Noun

telepath (plural telepaths)

1. (parapsychology, science fiction) A person with telepathic ability, capable of reading the thoughts of others around them.

Synonyms

• teep, mind-reader (typ. negative or ironic)

Translations

Verb

telepath (third-person singular simple present telepaths, present participle telepathing, simple past and past participle telepathed)

1. (parapsychology, science fiction) To communicate by thought; to use telepathy.
   • 1973 February, Stan Lee, Iron Man, number 55:

     Thanos: "Did you not suspect I could tell you had been telepathing?"

Synonyms

• teep

See also

• empath
• technopath
• cyberpath

Anagrams

• alphette

English

Alternative forms

• devynour, divinour (obsolete, rare); divinor (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin d?v?n?tor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from d?v?n?re (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??va?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?n?(r)
• Rhymes: -a?n?(?)

Noun

diviner (plural diviners)

1. One who foretells the future.
2. One who divines or conjectures.
3. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Synonyms

• (one who foretells the future): foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
• (one who searches for underground water): water diviner, dowser

Derived terms

• diviner's sage
• water diviner

Related terms

• see divine

Translations

Adjective

diviner

1. comparative form of divine: more divine

Anagrams

• Vidrine, drive in, drive-in

Latin

Verb

d?v?ner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of d?v?n?

Middle French

Etymology

Latin d?v?n?.

Verb

diviner

1. to divine

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Related terms

• divination