predecessor vs presage

predecessor

noun
  • A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model. 

  • One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. 

  • A vertex having a directed path to another vertex 

presage

noun
  • An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. 

  • A warning of a future event; an omen. 

verb
  • To make a prediction. 

  • To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. 

  • To predict or foretell something. 

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