The difference between Forebode and Portend
When used as verbs, forebode means to predict a future event, whereas portend means to serve as a warning or omen of.
Forebode is also noun with the meaning: prognostication.
check bellow for the other definitions of Forebode and Portend
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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
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Portend as a verb (transitive):
To serve as a warning or omen of.
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Portend as a verb (transitive):
To signify; to denote.
Examples:
"Let it be known that the Rapture portends the End of Days."