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Privileged vs Fortunate - What's the difference?

privileged | fortunate |

As adjectives the difference between privileged and fortunate

is that privileged is having special privileges while fortunate is coming by good luck or favorable chance.

As a verb privileged

is past tense of privilege.

privileged

English

Verb

(head)
  • (privilege)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having special privileges.
  • (legal) Not subject to legal discovery due to a protected status.

    • 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) ----