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Fortunate vs Fertile - What's the difference?

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Fortunate is a related term of fertile.


As adjectives the difference between fortunate and fertile

is that fortunate is coming by good luck or favorable chance while fertile is (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive.

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) ----

    fertile

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of land etc) capable of growing abundant crops; productive
  • (biology) capable of reproducing; fecund, fruitful
  • (biology) capable of developing past the egg stage
  • (of an imagination etc) productive or prolific
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * barren * infertile