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Faith vs Luck - What's the difference?

faith | luck |

As nouns the difference between faith and luck

is that faith is a feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification while luck is something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.

As proper nouns the difference between faith and luck

is that faith is {{given name|female|from=English}} while Luck is {{surname|from=given names}.

As a verb luck is

to succeed by chance.

faith

English

Alternative forms

* feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)

Noun

  • A feeling, conviction, or belief that something is true or real, not contingent upon reason or justification.
    • Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.
    I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
    I have faith in the healing power of crystals.
  • A religious belief system.
    • The Christian faith .
  • An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
    • He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.
  • A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal.
    • I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
  • (obsolete) Credibility or truth.
  • * Mitford
    • the faith of the foregoing narrative

    Quotations

    (English Citations of "faith")

    Synonyms

    * belief, confidence, trust,ignorance, arrogance, conviction * (system of religious belief) religion

    Hyponyms

    * (religious belief system) Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Wicca, Eckankar, , Zoroastrianism, New Age, Unitarian Universalism, Jainism, Shinto, LaVeyan Satanism, Scientology, Taoism, Yoruba, Druidry, paganism, Juche, Cao Dai, Confucianism, Spiritism, humanism, Rastafarianism, Tenrikyo

    Derived terms

    * Attic faith * bad faith * faithful * faithfully * faithfulness * faith-healer * faithing * faithless * in faith * Punic faith

    Related terms

    * affidavit * bide * fidelity

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    luck

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
    • 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.
  • A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
    • He blew on the dice for luck .
    I wish you lots of luck for the exam tomorrow.
  • success
    • 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 luck

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To succeed by chance.
    • His plan lucked out.
  • To rely on luck.
    • No plan. We're just to going to have to luck through.
  • To carry out relying on luck.
    • Our plan is to luck it through.
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