The difference between Bode and Forebode
When used as nouns, bode means an omen, whereas forebode means prognostication.
When used as verbs, bode means to indicate by signs, as future events, whereas forebode means to predict a future event.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bode and Forebode
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Bode as a verb (transitive, intransitive):
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
Examples:
"synonyms: portend presage foreshow"
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Bode as a verb (intransitive, followed by {{l, well):
or }} To betoken or augur something good or bad that would happen in the future.
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Bode as a noun:
An omen; a foreshadowing.
Examples:
"Chaucer"
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Bode as a noun (obsolete, or, dialect):
A bid; an offer.
Examples:
"rfquotek Sir Walter Scott"
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Bode as a noun:
A messenger; a herald.
Examples:
"rfquotek Robertson"
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Bode as a noun:
A stop; a halting; delay.
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Bode as a verb:
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Forebode as a verb:
To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
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Forebode as a verb:
To be prescient of (some ill or misfortune); to have an inward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly.
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Forebode as a noun (obsolete):
prognostication; presage