Luck vs Affliction - What's the difference?
luck | affliction |
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
success
To succeed by chance.
To rely on luck.
To carry out relying on luck.
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
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*:She wore a man's long ulster (not as if it were an affliction , but as if it were very comfortable and belonged to her; carried it like a young soldier) [...]
As nouns the difference between luck and affliction
is that luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence while affliction is a state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.As a verb luck
is to succeed by chance.As a proper noun Luck
is {{surname|from=given names}.luck
English
Noun
(-)- The raffle is just a matter of luck .
- Sometimes it takes a bit of luck to get success.
- I couldn't believe my luck when I found a fifty dollar bill on the street.
- Gilbert had some bad luck yesterday — he got pick-pocketed and lost fifty dollars.
- He blew on the dice for luck .
- I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
- I tried for ages to find a pair of blue suede shoes, but didn't have any luck .
- He has a lot of luck with the ladies, perhaps it is because of his new motorbike.
Synonyms
* fortune (both senses)Derived terms
* bad luck * down on one's luck * good luck * luckless * lucky * lucky break * luck out * luck of the draw * luck of the Irish * luck upon * push one's luck * ride one's luck * run of bad luck * sheer luck * streak of good luckVerb
(en verb)- His plan lucked out.
- No plan. We're just to going to have to luck through.
- Our plan is to luck it through.