precognition vs. clairvoyance

precognition

[ pree-kog-nish-uhn ]show ipa

noun

1. knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
Scots Law.
1. the examination of witnesses and other parties before a trial in order to supply a legal ground for prosecution.
2. the evidence established in such an examination.

clairvoyance

[ klair-voi-uhns ]show ipa

noun

1. the supernatural power of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing.
2. quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people; sagacity.