bode vs forecast

bode

verb
  • To betoken or augur something good or bad that will happen in the future. 

  • simple past tense of bide 

  • To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell. 

noun
  • A stop; a halting; delay. 

  • An omen; a foreshadowing. 

  • A herald; a messenger. 

forecast

verb
  • To estimate how something will be in the future. 

  • To foreshadow; to suggest something in advance. 

noun
  • exacta 

  • An estimation of a future condition. 

  • A prediction of the weather. 

How often have the words bode and forecast occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )