Omen vs. Portent

Omennoun

Something which portends or is perceived to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; an augury or foreboding.

Omennoun

prophetic significance

Omenverb

(transitive) To be an omen of.

Omenverb

(intransitive) To divine or predict from omens.

Omennoun

An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury.

Omenverb

To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise.

Omennoun

a sign of something about to happen;

Omenverb

indicate by signs;

Omennoun

an event regarded as a portent of good or evil

Omennoun

prophetic significance

Omen

An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. It was commonly believed in ancient times, and still believed by some today, that omens bring divine messages from the gods.These omens include natural phenomena, for example an eclipse, abnormal births of animals (especially humans) and behaviour of the sacrificial lamb on its way to the slaughter.

Portentnoun

Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.

Portentnoun

A portending; significance

Portentnoun

Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

Portentnoun

That which portends, or foretoken; esp., that which portends evil; a sign of coming calamity; an omen; a sign.

Portentnoun

a sign of something about to happen;

Portentnoun

a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen

Portentnoun

future significance

Portentnoun

an exceptional or wonderful person or thing