What's the difference between foreganger and harbinger?

Foreganger


Definition:

  • (n.) A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer lin/ may be attached.

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Harbinger


Definition:

  • (n.) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
  • (n.) A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
  • (v. t.) To usher in; to be a harbinger of.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, sepsis-associated CNS dysfunction appears to be as important a harbinger of excess mortality as renal or pulmonary dysfunction in septic patients.
  • (2) A strong hi-tech presence was a harbinger of better health; a dependence on older manufacturing industries was associated with poorer health.
  • (3) "May the supreme court’s move be a harbinger of other, more responsible, decisions to come."
  • (4) It's not obvious what this harbinger of doom is supposed to be.
  • (5) Acquired isolated oculomotor palsies in some cases are not necessarily a harbinger of serious disease.
  • (6) Lastly, the occurrence of coagulase-negative staphylococcal peritonitis is a harbinger of future episodes of peritonitis caused by a variety of organisms.
  • (7) In the former illness, reduced blink rate signifies a worsening of the illness and a significant increase in blink rate in patients treated with dopamine agonist may be a harbinger of agonist-induced dyskinesia.
  • (8) We feel this is a harbinger of what could come, for what it indicates in terms of what the future holds."
  • (9) Allende's election three years before at the head of a socialist-communist coalition had a significance far beyond Chile itself, being widely seen as the harbinger of similar projects in countries such as France and Italy, as well as the beginning of a "second Cuba" in Latin America itself.
  • (10) Isis sees itself as a harbinger of the end of times.
  • (11) EL: The first psychiatrist I saw subscribed very much to the same view as my friend and the GP – that my voice (and bear in mind, it's still only a single voice at this time) was a sinister harbinger of something much more serious.
  • (12) It presents to the anesthesiologist the immediate problem of airway management but it also must be recognized by the physician as a harbinger of malignant hyperthermia.
  • (13) "Apple's new Siri Assistant, unique to the new 4S, is a powerful harbinger of the future use of mobile devices – not just the power of voice but, more importantly, the ability to contextualise a statement or request.
  • (14) Proteinuria is the clinical hallmark of diabetic nephropathy and the harbinger of progressive renal disease.
  • (15) In the depressed elderly, characteristic EEG changes occur that may help distinguish major depression from pseudodementia; however, it should be considered that pseudodementia may be a harbinger of primary dementia.
  • (16) Mesangial cell proliferation, which is a harbinger of glomerulosclerosis, occurs in both immune and nonimmune glomerulopathies.
  • (17) BP BP was the harbinger of privatisations when James Callaghan's Labour government parcelled off a chunk of the oil giant in the 1970s.
  • (18) Hezbollah's lead role in the battle for Qusair is widely seen as a harbinger of a broader role for the Lebanese Shia militia in Syria, having instilled momentum into a regime military that had struggled to gain ground in many parts of the country since last summer.
  • (19) Significant spontaneous gross hematuria, gastrointestinal bleeding or epistaxis appear to represent harbingers of intracranial hemorrhage and constitute indications for emergency splenectomy.
  • (20) "Perhaps the way the job is defined needs to change, and this is the harbinger of bigger changes to come."