Fame vs Fortune - What's the difference?
fame | fortune |
What is said or reported; gossip, rumour.
* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , Book 1, ll. 651-4:
* 2012 , Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex , Penguin 2013, p. 23:
One's reputation.
The state of being famous or well-known and spoken of.
* (William Shakespeare)
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To make (someone or something) famous.
Destiny, especially favorable.
* (1743-1809)
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A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
Good luck.
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
A large amount of money.
(obsolete) To happen, take place.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew ch. 8:
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To provide with a fortune.
To presage; to tell the fortune of.
As nouns the difference between fame and fortune
is that fame is what is said or reported; gossip, rumour while fortune is destiny, especially favorable.As verbs the difference between fame and fortune
is that fame is to make (someone or something) famous while fortune is to happen, take place.fame
English
Noun
(-)- There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long / Intended to create, and therein plant / A generation, whom his choice regard / Should favour […].
- If the accused could produce a specified number of honest neighbours to swear publicly that the suspicion was unfounded, and if no one else came forward to contradict them convincingly, the charge was dropped: otherwise the common fame was held to be true.
- I find thou art no less than fame hath bruited.
Derived terms
* hall of fame * walk of fameVerb
(fam)Anagrams
* ----fortune
English
Noun
(en noun)- you, who men's fortunes in their faces read
- 'Tis more by fortune , lady, than by merit.
- There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune .
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (good luck)Derived terms
* * fortune hunter * * * * * *Verb
(fortun)- Then the heerdmen, fleed and went there ways into the cite, and tolde everythinge, and what had fortuned unto them that were possessed of the devyls.
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