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What is the difference between these two nouns: presage and omen.
  

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Hi, What is the difference between these two nouns These can sometimes be interchanged, but here are a general few comments about differences. presage Can be a feeling that you have, that some event is coming. omen Usually a thing or an event that suggests either good or evil is coming.

  • Hi, What is the difference between these two nouns These can sometimes be interchanged, but here are a general few comments about differences.
  • presage Can be a feeling that you have, that some event is coming.
  • omen Usually a thing or an event that suggests either good or evil is coming.
  • You might also want to look at portent in your dictionary.
  • 'Omen' is by far the most common of these words.
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Hi,

What is the difference between these two nouns

These can sometimes be interchanged, but here are a general few comments about differences.

presage Can be a feeling that you have, that some event is coming.

omen Usually a thing or an event that suggests either good or evil

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