bode vs foretell

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. 

foretell

verb
  • To tell (a person) of the future. 

  • To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy. 

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