Benign vs Fortunate - What's the difference?
benign | fortunate | Related terms |
Kind; gentle; mild.
* (of a climate or environment) mild and favorable
* not harmful to the environment: [in combination] an ozone-benign refrigerant.
(medicine) Not posing any serious threat to health; not particularly aggressive or recurrent.
Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
Presaging happiness.
Auspicious.
Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
Lucky, favored by fortune.
Benign is a related term of fortunate.
As adjectives the difference between benign and fortunate
is that benign is kind; gentle; mild while fortunate is coming by good luck or favorable chance.benign
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(en-adj)Antonyms
* malign * malignantDerived terms
* benignly * benignant * benignity * benign neglect * benign tumorfortunate
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(en adjective)- a fortunate event
- a fortunate concurrence of circumstances
- a fortunate investment