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Destine vs Fortunate - What's the difference?

destine | fortunate |

As a verb destine

is .

As an adjective fortunate is

coming by good luck or favorable chance.

destine

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To preordain
  • To assign something (especially finance) for a particular use
  • To have a particular destination

    • Related terms

    * destinate * destination * destiny

    Anagrams

    * ----

    fortunate

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Coming by good luck or favorable chance.
  • Bringing some good thing not foreseen as certain.
  • Presaging happiness.
  • Auspicious.
    • a fortunate event
    a fortunate concurrence of circumstances
    a fortunate investment
  • Receiving some unforeseen or unexpected good, or some good which was not dependent on one's own skill or efforts.
  • Lucky, favored by fortune.

    • Synonyms

    * lucky

    Antonyms

    * unlucky * unfortunate

    Derived terms

    * unfortunately * fortunately

    See also

    * unluckily * luckily (Webster 1913) ----