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Fortunate vs Favoured - What's the difference?

fortunate | favoured |

As adjectives the difference between fortunate and favoured

is that fortunate is coming by good luck or favorable chance while favoured is treated or regarded with partiality.

As a verb favoured is

(favour).

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) ----

    favoured

    English

    Alternative forms

    * favored (American) * (obsolete) * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Treated or regarded with partiality.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (favour)

    • Related terms

    * favour