Is a precognitive experience the same as a premonition ?

Question

Why ; or why not ?

Maybe I didn't phrase that very well . While I know the definition of a premonition , I meant in terms of a premonition that came to pass .

Answer 1

every one of us thinks differently, i see we have a dictionary buff in attendance.... but i've always considered precognitive to be just the foreknowledge of something, and a premonition as the foreknowledge of something BAD. that's just me.

Answer 2

precognitive is the ability to foresee the future: the ability to know what is going to happen in the future, especially if based on extrasensory perception
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pre·mo·ni·tion

pre·mo·ni·tion [prèmmə nísh’n, prmə nísh’n]
(plural pre·mo·ni·tions)
n
1. intuition of future event: a strong feeling, without a rational basis, that a particular thing is going to happen
2. warning about future: an advance warning about a future event


[Mid-16th century. Via French from, ultimately, Latin praemonere “to forewarn,” from monere “to warn.”]


-pre·mon·i·to·ri·ly [pree mònni táwrəlee], adv
-pre·mon·i·to·ry [pree mónni tàwree], adj
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Answer 3

precognitive is knowledge of an event before it happens.

premonition is a feeling of something that might happen.

Answer 4

The question is how would you know the difference after the event occured?