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Choice vs Fortition - What's the difference?

choice | fortition |

In obsolete terms the difference between choice and fortition

is that choice is a sufficient number to choose among while fortition is casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard.

As nouns the difference between choice and fortition

is that choice is an option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something while fortition is a sound change in which a consonant becomes more fortis.

As an adjective choice

is especially good or preferred.

choice

English

(wikipedia choice)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
    Do I have a choice of what color to paint it?
  • One selection or preference; that which is chosen or decided; the outcome of a decision.
    • The ice cream sundae is a popular choice for dessert.
  • Anything that can be chosen.
  • The best or most preferable part.
  • * Milton
    • The flower and choice / Of many provinces from bound to bound.
  • Care and judgement in selecting; discrimination.
  • * Francis Bacon
    • I imagine they [the apothegms of Caesar] were collected with judgment and choice .
  • (obsolete) A sufficient number to choose among.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Synonyms

    * (anything that can be chosen) assortment, range, selection * the cream * See also

    Related terms

    * choose * choosey * chosen * Hobson's choice

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Especially good or preferred.
    • It's a choice location, but you will pay more to live there.
  • (slang, New Zealand) Cool; excellent.
    • Choice ! I'm going to the movies.

    Synonyms

    * (especially good or preferred) prime, prize, quality, select

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words

    fortition

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (linguistics) A sound change in which a consonant becomes more fortis.
  • (obsolete) casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard
    • No mode of election operating in the spirit of fortition or rotation can be generally good. — Burke.

    Antonyms

    * (sound change) lenition